
Two bears are settling into their new home in Donegal after they were rescued from Russia in a multi-year operation.
Bu and Tyapa came to the attention of campaigners here in 2021, who eventually managed to extract them via flights to Abu Dhabi.
Bu was a circus bear before she was abandoned, and Tyapa was raised for taxidermy in a cage too small for him to stand up.
Wild Ireland Founder and director Killian McLaughlin, says it took a massive effort to get the pair to the north west: