The title made me think of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Ivanov
Title topic of "human animal hybrid" and fantastic artwork on the linked site reminded me of the shocking-but-thrilling classic book "The Island of Doctor Moreau", the 1896 science fiction novel, by famous English author H. G. Wells. Terrific and terrifying read for that era, and even later.
Also see that great '80s movie with "Iceman" from Top Gun aka Val Kilmer and that creepy dude from Apocalypse Now aka Marlon Brando together in an '80s remake of The Isle. That particular movie seems to have fallen off the radar despite hiring the big names of the time; a bit of a flop