It was my last bottle.
But when you meet a bear,
you share.
He drank it full throttle.
(Photographed in Novy Afon, Abkhazia. – But it’s nicer to meet bears who live in freedom.)
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The Happy Hermit 
Cute.
By the way: the bear seems to wear a collar and looks as if he is chained in some way. He was hopefully treated well by his owner, not just by you.
That was the sad part, unfortunately. There were a father and a son who were marketing the bear. They said they had rescued it after the bear mother had died, but who knows.
I hope the Bear Liberation Front will step in!
Si funciona, el oso estaba con sed.
Andreas, did you take a close look at the neck of the bear: I think, it looks, as if the skin of the bear is bleading.
I didn’t see anything like that, although it was of course sad that he was in a collar and a chain.
To me it looks as if it is bleeding. Seriously. -Nonetheless, I know one might not recognize everything, and it is difficult to speak out about it when one is just a visiting tourist.
I had my hand all over the bear’s back and it was not covered in blood.
Being a tourist does not prevent me from speaking out. Not speaking Abkhaz or Russian was the real limitation.
I did not want to trouble you. I was just starting to get deeply concerned about the bear when I randomly took a close look at the photo yesterday night.
Of course, not speaking the language is a point when it comes to speaking up.
Andreas, you are a great travel-writer and an awesome guy.
The main lesson from this trip was that I need to learn Russian.
There is a petition for the freedom of this bear.
Thanks to Omar for the link!