Wojtek, the war bear, started life as an orphaned Syrian bear cub found by an Iranian shepherd. The shepherd sold the bear cub to the Polish Army as the soldiers made their way towards Tehran to ...

Wojtek, the war bear, started life as an orphaned Syrian bear cub found by an Iranian shepherd. The shepherd sold the bear cub to the Polish Army as the soldiers made their way towards Tehran to ...

Private Wojtek was a Polish soldier unlike any other. Not only was he huge, he was covered in thick fur. Private Wojtek and later Corporal Wojtek was in fact, a bear! Rescued as a young cub Wojtek was ...

Strange tales retold again and again often turn out to be based on myth. Not so for the tale of Wojtek (pronounced Voy-tek), the war bear. His story, as preposterous as it seems, is true and based on ...