El resguardo animal que ha rescatado más de 20 osos y lobos en los Balcanes

Por más de veinte años, el resguardo Arcturos de Grecia ha cuidado a osos y lobos principalmente de Serbia, Croacia y Bosnia. La mayoría de los animales fueron rescatados de los cazadores furtivos, coleccionistas de animales y dueños de restaurantes, que los exhibian para divertir a los clientes.

El Espectador

06 de mayo de 2018 - 01:03 p. m.

A bear walks in the forest on the mountain of Nymfeo, northern Greece, on April 23, 2018. Founded in 1992, Arcturos shelters bears and wolves mainly from the Balkans but has also taken large predators from as far away as Austria and Georgia. In all more than 20 bears and seven wolves live in separate enclosed habitats in the villages of Nymfaio and Agrapidia -- most of them rescued from Balkans poachers, animal collectors and restaurant owners who had them on display to amuse patrons. / AFP / Aris MESSINIS

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A bear cub called Luigi walks in the Arcturos sanctuary at Nymfaio on the slopes of Mount Vitsi, some 600 kilometres (350 miles) northwest of Athens, on April 23, 2018. Founded in 1992, Arcturos shelters bears and wolves mainly from the Balkans but has also taken large predators from as far away as Austria and Georgia. In all more than 20 bears and seven wolves live in separate enclosed habitats in the villages of Nymfaio and Agrapidia -- most of them rescued from Balkans poachers, animal collectors and restaurant owners who had them on display to amuse patrons. / AFP / Aris MESSINIS

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A bear stands on its back feet in the Arcturos sanctuary at Nymfaio on the slopes of Mount Vitsi, some 600 kilometres (350 miles) northwest of Athens, on April 23, 2018. Founded in 1992, Arcturos shelters bears and wolves mainly from the Balkans but has also taken large predators from as far away as Austria and Georgia. In all more than 20 bears and seven wolves live in separate enclosed habitats in the villages of Nymfaio and Agrapidia -- most of them rescued from Balkans poachers, animal collectors and restaurant owners who had them on display to amuse patrons. / AFP / Aris MESSINIS

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A bear stands in the forest in the Nymfeo mountains, northern Greece, on April 23, 2018. Founded in 1992, Arcturos shelters bears and wolves mainly from the Balkans but has also taken large predators from as far away as Austria and Georgia. In all more than 20 bears and seven wolves live in separate enclosed habitats in the villages of Nymfaio and Agrapidia -- most of them rescued from Balkans poachers, animal collectors and restaurant owners who had them on display to amuse patrons. / AFP / Aris MESSINIS

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A bear stands in the forest on the mountain of Nymfeo, northern Greece, on April 23, 2018. Founded in 1992, Arcturos shelters bears and wolves mainly from the Balkans but has also taken large predators from as far away as Austria and Georgia. In all more than 20 bears and seven wolves live in separate enclosed habitats in the villages of Nymfaio and Agrapidia -- most of them rescued from Balkans poachers, animal collectors and restaurant owners who had them on display to amuse patrons. / AFP / Aris MESSINIS

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A wolf walks at the Arcturos sanctuary in Nymfaio on the slopes of Mount Vitsi, some 600 kilometres (350 miles) northwest of Athens, on April 23, 2018. Founded in 1992, Arcturos shelters bears and wolves mainly from the Balkans but has also taken large predators from as far away as Austria and Georgia. In all more than 20 bears and seven wolves live in separate enclosed habitats in the villages of Nymfaio and Agrapidia -- most of them rescued from Balkans poachers, animal collectors and restaurant owners who had them on display to amuse patrons. / AFP / Aris MESSINIS

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Usko, a three-year-old paralysed bear, is seen at the Arcturos sanctuary in Nymfaio on the slopes of Mount Vitsi, some 600 kilometres (350 miles) northwest of Athens, on April 23, 2018. Founded in 1992, Arcturos shelters bears and wolves mainly from the Balkans but has also taken large predators from as far away as Austria and Georgia. In all more than 20 bears and seven wolves live in separate enclosed habitats in the villages of Nymfaio and Agrapidia -- most of them rescued from Balkans poachers, animal collectors and restaurant owners who had them on display to amuse patrons. / AFP / Aris MESSINIS

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A wolf is seen at the Arcturos sanctuary in Nymfaio on the slopes of Mount Vitsi, some 600 kilometres (350 miles) northwest of Athens, on April 23, 2018. Founded in 1992, Arcturos shelters bears and wolves mainly from the Balkans but has also taken large predators from as far away as Austria and Georgia. In all more than 20 bears and seven wolves live in separate enclosed habitats in the villages of Nymfaio and Agrapidia -- most of them rescued from Balkans poachers, animal collectors and restaurant owners who had them on display to amuse patrons. / AFP / Aris MESSINIS

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A bear stands at the Arcturos sanctuary in Nymfaio on the slopes of Mount Vitsi, some 600 kilometres (350 miles) northwest of Athens, on April 23, 2018. Founded in 1992, Arcturos shelters bears and wolves mainly from the Balkans but has also taken large predators from as far away as Austria and Georgia. In all more than 20 bears and seven wolves live in separate enclosed habitats in the villages of Nymfaio and Agrapidia -- most of them rescued from Balkans poachers, animal collectors and restaurant owners who had them on display to amuse patrons. / AFP / Aris MESSINIS

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Dimitris Nikolaou feeds three-year-old paralysed bear Usko at the Arcturos sanctuary in Nymfaio on the slopes of Mount Vitsi, some 600 kilometres (350 miles) northwest of Athens, on April 23, 2018. Founded in 1992, Arcturos shelters bears and wolves mainly from the Balkans but has also taken large predators from as far away as Austria and Georgia. In all more than 20 bears and seven wolves live in separate enclosed habitats in the villages of Nymfaio and Agrapidia -- most of them rescued from Balkans poachers, animal collectors and restaurant owners who had them on display to amuse patrons. / AFP / Aris MESSINIS

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A bear runs at the Arcturos sanctuary in Nymfaio on the slopes of Mount Vitsi, some 600 kilometres (350 miles) northwest of Athens, on April 23, 2018. Founded in 1992, Arcturos shelters bears and wolves mainly from the Balkans but has also taken large predators from as far away as Austria and Georgia. In all more than 20 bears and seven wolves live in separate enclosed habitats in the villages of Nymfaio and Agrapidia -- most of them rescued from Balkans poachers, animal collectors and restaurant owners who had them on display to amuse patrons. / AFP / Aris MESSINIS

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Patrick, a three-year-old bear licks his claws at the Arcturos sanctuary in Nymfaio on the slopes of Mount Vitsi, some 600 kilometres (350 miles) northwest of Athens, on April 23, 2018. Founded in 1992, Arcturos shelters bears and wolves mainly from the Balkans but has also taken large predators from as far away as Austria and Georgia. In all more than 20 bears and seven wolves live in separate enclosed habitats in the villages of Nymfaio and Agrapidia -- most of them rescued from Balkans poachers, animal collectors and restaurant owners who had them on display to amuse patrons. / AFP / Aris MESSINIS

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TOPSHOT - Melina Avgerinou feeds a bear cub called Luigi in the Arcturos sanctuary at Nymfaio on the slopes of Mount Vitsi, some 600 kilometres (350 miles) northwest of Athens, on April 23, 2018. Founded in 1992, Arcturos shelters bears and wolves mainly from the Balkans but has also taken large predators from as far away as Austria and Georgia. In all more than 20 bears and seven wolves live in separate enclosed habitats in the villages of Nymfaio and Agrapidia -- most of them rescued from Balkans poachers, animal collectors and restaurant owners who had them on display to amuse patrons. / AFP / Aris MESSINIS

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TOPSHOT - A bear cub called Luigi stands in the Arcturos sanctuary at Nymfaio on the slopes of Mount Vitsi, some 600 kilometres (350 miles) northwest of Athens, on April 23, 2018. Founded in 1992, Arcturos shelters bears and wolves mainly from the Balkans but has also taken large predators from as far away as Austria and Georgia. In all more than 20 bears and seven wolves live in separate enclosed habitats in the villages of Nymfaio and Agrapidia -- most of them rescued from Balkans poachers, animal collectors and restaurant owners who had them on display to amuse patrons. / AFP / Aris MESSINIS

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