A brown bear named Aydere will soon be brought to the National Museum of Living Nature of Turkmenistan (Ashgabat Zoo). This was reported by the online news resource TerraNews.

The Moscow Zoo is donating the animal as part of a cooperation programme. This was announced by the museum's scientific consultant, Doctor of Biological Sciences Eldar Rustamov.

Aydere will become a companion for the brown bear Sumbar, who arrived in Ashgabat a year ago from the Volokolamsk Centre of the Moscow Zoo. According to Rustamov, the plan is to move the female bear in with Sumbar so that the animal ‘doesn't get bored.’

The expert added that there are plans to bring other animals from Moscow, including lions.