Kelme, Lithuania, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 (AP) — Masa, a 20-year-old brown bear who had been living in a 160 square foot cage, was granted a measure of freedom and moved to a bear park in Germany after a campaign by animal activists to free the animal.

(PHOTO: Ricardas Vitkus / AP)
The bear was purchased as a cub by a Lithuanian businesswoman and kept outside a bar for 18 years as an attraction for customers .