Iberianature » Furaco http://www.iberianature.com/spainblog A guide to Spain: environment, geography, nature, landscape, climate, culture, history, rural tourism and travel Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:57:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Captive bears mate http://www.iberianature.com/spainblog/2009/05/captive-bears-mate/ http://www.iberianature.com/spainblog/2009/05/captive-bears-mate/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 22:01:32 +0000 nick http://www.iberianature.com/spainblog/?p=799

The captive bears Paca and Furaco have finally mated after failing to do so last year. Paca has lived with her sister Tola in a mountainside enclosure for many years and both have play a great role in making bears accepted in Asturias among the general public. As I understand it any cubs are likely to have the fate, and be kept in semi-captivity.

Read in El País

More on Paca and Tola here and the story of the pairing here

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