Behind bars no longer, Albania's last restaurant bear rescued by charity Four Paws InternationalLying in his cage near a busy Tirana road, Mark the brown bear nibbles listlessly at a pile of bread and lettuce as, just beyond the bars that have kept him captive for more than 20 years, a cat shares his frugal meal.Key points:- Mark the bear has been caged outside the restaurant in Albania's capital to attract customers since he was a cub- New owners bought the restaurant and chose to hand him over to the charity- Four Paws International will transfer Mark to a sanctuary in AustriaMark is the last of dozens of bears once held in such conditions outside Albanian restaurants as a means of attracting and amusing guests, says the charity that is about to rescue him."When [we] started … in 2016 there were more than 30 bears kept in small cages," said Magdalena Scherk Trettin, from Four Paws International, prior to administering a powerful sedative to Mark in preparation for the long journey to the Austrian sanctuary that the Vienna-based organisation runs.We have been used to living with [him]," said Misir Maxhuku, whose duties have included caring for Mark for the past four years.Experts say the number of bears in the wild across the Western Balkans has fallen drastically in the past two decades, following the destruction of their habitat and illegal hunting."