STORY: The kind of Andean bear (Tremarctos ornatus) often known as spectacled bear or Jukumari, the one one native to South America, can also be the inspiration behind beloved fictional bear Paddington, who travels to London, is adopted by a household and eats lashings of marmalade.
Since 2017, the Chester Zoo’s Andean Carnivore Conservation Program initiative has put in lure cameras within the Tarija division forest areas and in 2023 sighted numerous members of the thriving bear neighborhood taking part in or strolling among the many timber.
Paul Bamford, Regional area Programme Supervisor at Chester Zoo says “Bears as being issues like grizzly bears from the U.S. and polar bears. So immediately there’s type of an schooling there that truly Latin America has bears as properly. After which that opens up the chance for the dialog about, properly, what are the actual bears that Paddington is representing? What are the threats they’re dealing with? And, you recognize, as I mentioned earlier than, one of many threats this species faces is local weather change. So their conservation is instantly associated to our actions right here, within the UK, and in international locations all all over the world.”
The Andean bear resides all through the subtropical Andes from Bolivia to Venezuela.
