A Bolivian conservation programme has recognized at the very least 60 ‘Paddington’ bears in areas the place that they had not been noticed earlier than. The animal is the inspiration behind the beloved fictional character Paddington, who travels to London, is adopted by a household and eats lashings of marmalade. In 2017, Chester zoo’s Andean carnivore conservation programme put in entice cameras in Tarija forest areas, and in 2023 it noticed members of the thriving bear neighborhood taking part in and strolling among the many timber. In line with Ximena Velez-Liendo, the programme’s coordinator, the Andean bear is weak to extinction. The skilled mentioned if threats to the species, such because the lack of habitat, retaliatory looking and the consequences of the local weather disaster weren’t addressed by 2030, the area might lose nearly 30% of the inhabitants
