Ukrainian authorities plan to build a rehab center for bears illegally kept at roadside restaurants and cafes and given vodka and beer to attract visitors, the Ukrainian National News agency said on Wednesday.
"Each time you turn on the TV, you see those bears suffering at our roadhouses. Therefore the ministry [of environment and natural resources] will build a huge enclosure for these bears at the Sinevir National Park," Minister Mykola Zlochevsky said.
He said some 80 bears will be taken to the rehab center, which will open in early December in western Ukraine.
