The place where polar bears and dogs live together (6 photos)

A dog is a friend... of a bear! A nursery where four-legged friends of man and polar bears live side by side without any fences.





One day, a certain Brian Ladun decided that the ideal friends for his dogs could be... polar bears!

Brian Ladun is a very extraordinary person. Millions of Internet users know him in absentia, and for residents of the town of Churchill in the Canadian province of Manitoba, Brian has been a local landmark all his life. Its history began back in the 1970s. By the will of fate, he became a breeder of Eskimo dogs - a rare and very ancient breed of universal dogs in the north of Canada.



Eskimo dogs are one of the rarest breeds in the world. Due to its complex, strong-willed character, this animal will not become a couch dog, which is why dogs are losing their popularity.

Brian has made a huge contribution to the development and reproduction of these endangered dogs. He tried with all his might to restore their former glory and attract as much attention as possible to this breed. Well, he did it. But at what cost?.. Brian organized keeping the dogs outdoors all year round. The Bobbies didn’t complain, because their wool was designed to sleep in the snow and withstand extreme temperatures. But there were also some other people in the Laduna nursery. White bears!





No, he didn’t breed them, unlike dogs, the bears came to Brian on their own. It is believed that the cunning breeder deliberately gave the watchdogs food in excess of the norm, thereby attracting hungry predators. The bears happily accepted this treat, and in return did not attack the dogs. And they brought a lot of attention from people.



The docking of the “boops” was successful!

Bears and watchdogs developed a very strange relationship: the clubfooted ones showed a clear interest in dogs, interacted with them and were quite friendly. The dogs had nowhere to go, so they developed a semblance of friendship with the bears. Over time, only “their” natives remained on the land of Ladun. They did not touch the dogs and were extremely peaceful. Local bears even drove away aggressive strangers! This attracted many tourists - everyone wanted to look at the bears and dogs sitting peacefully next to each other. And the more people who were interested, the better things went for the nursery.



Beats means he loves. Well, or because he's just a bear.

But friendship is friendship, and lunch is on schedule. There have been at least 2 cases of bear attacks on dogs. The worst thing happened in 1996. This year, five bears were driven out of the nursery under the pretext of their danger to tourists. So a club-footed stranger came to visit. In two days, 8 dogs were killed and 12 were injured. In 2016, a wild predator again attacked one of the dogs, as a result of which it did not survive. This incident dispelled all the charm of friendship and mutual understanding between clubfoot and dogs.



You entered the wrong area, clubfoot!

The controversy surrounding the name of Brian Ladun continues even today, 5 years after his death. Who was he really? A righteous patriot who did his best to preserve the breed? Or a fool and a flayer who deliberately endangered dogs for the sake of popularity?