The life and suspicious death of Cachou the brown bear

Conservationists saw the six-year-old bear as a symbol of hope. Villagers saw him as a menace. Then he turned up dead

08 July 2021 - 20:06 By Laura Millan Lombrana

Ivan Afonso checked his computer one last time before picking up the phone. It was April 2020 and, like most of Spain, Afonso was stuck at home under a strict Covid lockdown. But his mind was in the mountains...

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