Please look after me ... and 900 others: ‘Paddington’ bear inspires sanctuary

The only bear native to South America leads Bolivian woman and husband to turn their property into an animal shelter

03 February 2022 - 20:29 By Monica Machicao and Santiago Limachi

In the Andean valleys of deepest, darkest Bolivia (not Peru this time), a “Paddington” bear has inspired a shelter for almost a thousand wild animals rescued from poachers...

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