Quick answer
Animals are animate, so in the accusative they take the genitive form: Я ви́жу соба́ку, Я ви́жу медве́дя.
At home
On the farm
In the forest
In use
The bear is everywhere
Russians joke about the foreign belief that bears walk the streets — but медве́дь really is the national animal, and the word means “honey eater”.
Typical mistakes
Я ви́жу соба́ка.
Я ви́жу соба́ку.
A feminine animate noun takes -у in the accusative.
Я ви́жу медве́дь.
Я ви́жу медве́дя.
Masculine animate nouns take the genitive form.
Check yourself
Я ви́жу ___. — I see a bear.