This adorable polar bear cub was rescued after poachers killed his mother. He was very weak from hunger but managed to regain his strength and feistiness. He briefly lived in an airplane hangar and then an apartment before being given to the Moscow zoo.

A dog becomes the real man’s best friend, especially when you live at one of the most remote corners of the world. These are dogs of Bely Island located near the Yamal Peninsula in Siberia. They risk their lives chasing a hungry polar bear away from Siberian weather station. They are heroes who protect humans of the isolated spot from the powerful beast.