Kai lived in a 6ft by 9ft cage since being snatched as a cub from his mother, but this week he was let out of his cage for the first time at Yorkshire Wildlife Park near Doncaster. Kai is one of four bears who existed as ‘living’ exhibits in the Ainu Culture Museum on Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan’s islands. Eighteen months ago, Western tourists, shocked at the barren conditions, brought the four bears to the attention of Wild Welfare, a UK charity that helps captive wild animals. The two brothers, Kai and Riku, would eat, then vomit, as that gave them something to do; all four bears would pace, driven mad with boredom. ...read
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LIZ JONES: Want your children to flourish? Send them out to pick fruit
I’ve been pondering an important question during the final hot weeks of July. Why are there so many young people sunbathing on beaches and jumping into reservoirs and generally wreaking havoc and having to be rescued They’re everywhere! Camping in fields, hanging out in town centres, snowflakes melting in the face of a seemingly insurmountable problem: being unable to see their phone screens in bright sunlight. I passed one group the other day, camping by a lake. Every one had a hoodie draped over their head, all the better to see their screens. They hadn’t even noticed a nearby kingfisher. ...read
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