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The spectacled bear's numbers have dropped to between 3,000 and 6,000

By Adrian Bridge 2:29PM GMT 17 Nov 2014 Kingston University Online MBA Safari and wildlife This innovative course is academically rigorous holidays and designed to be immediately applicable to real Travel » life business situations. Comment South America » View Peru » They may not wear blue duffel coats and endearingly large red hats, but Adrian Bridge » Travel Most Viewed there is a certain cuteness to the spectacled Andean bear to be found in Paddington Movie » deepest, darkest Peru. TODAY PAST WEEK PAST MONTH The cuteness lies in those distinctive semicircular creamy white In Safari And Wildlife 1. NZ prime minister welcomes Telegraph markings around the eyes; there is a cuteness, too, in their modest size Holidays award (averaging 440lb, they are on the small side for bears), a soulful gaze 2. The best in travel: your favourite cities, and a fine colouring of fur that incorporates black, brown and tinges of countries and hotels red. 3. The world's best countries Not that young Yogui was in "stroke me I'm so cute" mode as he paced 4. The world's best cities up and down in his pen in the extensive grounds of the Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel in Peru. The unlikely friends of 5. Skiers shouldn't panic about lack of snow politicians yet "It's the mating season," said José, one of the Inkaterra rangers. "And he senses the presence of a female close by."

Yogui was the first of five spectacled Andean bears to be transferred to TRAVEL EDITOR'S CHOICE the Inkaterra hotel as part of a project dedicated to the preservation and better treatment of a dwindling and exploited species. Its numbers have A lion-hearted return to Kenya dropped to between 3,000 and 6,000 and it has often been mistreated at Earning their stripes the hands of circus owners and others seeking an exotic form of pet.

Yogui was rescued from cruel captivity in Related Articles 2001 and has since enjoyed more Sarah Hadland’s Sitges space, regular meals (fruits and Which airline slogans do you know? bromeliads rather than marmalade sandwiches) and the watchful attention Download the free Lost in translation: hilarious mistranslated Telegraph Travel of skilled monitors. Chinese signs Guides app While it is unlikely that Yogui will ever be The 10 best cities for a winter break capable of being released into the wild (male spectacled Andean bears can be extremely territorial), one of the bears Promoted stories that has been cared for at the Inkaterra site did make a successful dash for The world's best In breathless pursuit of hotels the condor 25 Oct 2014 freedom, and there are hopes that

Simon Parker in Peru's others may follow. Colca Canyon 24 Oct 2014 And besides, while Yogui is still in Great luxury train journeys captivity, the conditions he enjoys in his - and their budget Japan's first The Oldest Animals alternatives 17 Oct 2014 spectacular cloud forest sanctuary in homemade jet likely That Ever Lived The Hiram Bingham, Peru - deepest, darkest Peru are considerably Follow Telegraph to take maiden flight (Learnist) and the budget alternative better than those he endured before. Travel in May 17 Oct 2014 (Nikkei Asian Review) Sign up to our Travel newsletter for the latest news, reviews and exclusive offers

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