Shot through the glass of the visitor centre of the brown bear enclosure you see the two brown bears in just a small part of their magnificent enclosure. The pool in which they play-fight contains trout for enrichment. The bear enclosure was opened in March 2012 and became the new home for 'Misha' and 'Masha', the two Ussuri brown bears (Ursus arctos lasiotus) that came from the east of Russia to Bern in September 2009 as a state gift from President Medvedev and his spouse.