VOX POP – SHOULD PERU DO MORE TO PROTECT THE SPECTACLED BEAR?
February 1st, 2008
BY PETER MCCREADY, in the Peruvian Andes
THE ANDEAN bear is the only living species of bear in South America. The 'spectacled' bear - known because of eye markings - lives in the tropical Andes. There are an estimated 30,000 left, but numbers are decreasing and the bear faces the risk of extinction in the wild in the medium-term. Should Peru look after its bears better?
*Jose Efrain Garcia Garcia, 56, farmer, Sauce, San Martin Province
It's our duty to protect them. The government and forestry police don't do anything. There is a myth that the bears are as big ...
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