Warning: This article includes content some readers may find disturbing Two bears who were rescued from shocking conditions are now thriving at an animal sanctuary alongside each other. Four Paws, a global animal welfare organization, received reports of a bear being kept in a cage beside a restaurant in southern Albania. When staff arrived at the scene, they discovered Pashuk, a bear that had been chained since he was a young cub. Over the years, as the bear had aged, his skin and fur had grown around the chain. “They put this tight chain around Pashuk’s neck when he was still young and locked him in a cramped little cell,” said Carsten Hertwig, head of sustainable sanctuaries at Four Paws. “Even as he grew, no one ever took the chain off. I’ve seen a lot of bears suffering, but I’ve never seen anything like this in my life. Pashuk must have been in …