A thin and unhealthy polar bear, who descended on a northeastern Russian village looking for food, was put on a Russian military transport aircraft on Sunday to be delivered to a zoo in Moscow for rehabilitation.

The bear was spotted eating dog food and taking a nap in a yard in a village in northeastern Russia's Yakutia region on May 11. 

It was later identified as a two-year-old baby bear suffering from digestive problems and malnutrition.

In recent years, incidents of the Arctic animal barging into human settlements within the Arctic circle are on the rise, as the melting of sea ice forces them to go ashore in search of food.

In 2019, the invasion of more than 50 polar bears in the remote Russian region of Novaya Zemlya forced authorities there to declare a state of emergency.

(All images via VCG)

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