Male brown bear Frankie was born in 2014 in Cherkasy Zoo and first kept there, then he belonged to the company from Nikopol (Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine) and he was most probably used for circus performances. Afterwards he was moved to Pokrovsk Zoo where the conditions were so terrible that the authorities confiscated him. Since January 2019 he lived temporarily in Home Zoo.

Frankie got his name from donors, Animal Friends from UK project.