Stephan was an orphaned cub. When Stephan was three years old and was left alone in a terrible shape, a Russian couple gave him a lot of love and adopted him. Svetlana and Yuriy Pantaleenko is the couple who took care of Stephan. More than 25 years have passed and now Stephan is 7 feet tall and still lives with the couple together.
Stephan has grown up to be a very helpful and a lovely funny bear. He helps people by watering plants and also he likes to watch TV too.


According to Mrs. Pantaleenko, Stephan is a friendly bear and loves people. He has never bitten them. Just like the story of the three little bears, Stephan too likes to have condensed milk and a bowl of porridge.



To get the protein he needed, he eats about 25kg of fish, eggs and vegetables. He also likes sweets too. He plays football to maintain his health and body shape. Not only he watches TV to pass time but also pose and act for photoshoots too.



As for Mrs. Svetlana, it is a blessing and a miracle for an omnivorous animal to be comfortable around people. He likes to go on picnics and snuggle with people but not to hurt them.


This is a lovely story about a bear, who was adopted like a son by a couple. Such stories are very rare to be heard.