When Harry Colebourn saw a baby bear at a train station, he knew he could care for it. He was a veterinarian. But he was also a soldier in training during World War I. He named the bear Winnie, short for Winnipeg, his company's home town, and he brought her along to the military camp in England. Before long, she became the regiment's much-loved mascot. But who could care for the bear when Harry went to battle? The London Zoo. There a boy named Christopher Robin played with Winnie.