Circus Bear That Lived in Tiny Cage Most of Its Life Finally Rescued On 12/16/20 at 9:45 AM EST Animal rights activists have rescued a female bear that was forced to perform in circuses for more than a decade and has been kept locked up in a tiny cage for most of its life. International animal welfare organization Four Paws took the European brown bear, known as "Jambolina," from her owner's garage in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, where the cage was located, before transporting her nearly 1,500 miles to her now home—a bear sanctuary in Switzerland. Jambolina was born in in January, 2009 at Yalta Zoo, Crimea. But at just a few weeks old, she was sold to her owner who trained her as a circus bear. Jambolina had to perform tricks and was used as an "attraction" in Ukrainian circuses until March this year, Katharina Braun, a spokesperson for Four Paws International, told