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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Bear Rescued From Being Put Down In Sweden Finds Forever Home At UK Wildlife Park
Caption: A brown bear who was rescued from being put down has moved into his 'forever home' at a wildlife park. 12-year-old Diego was destined to be put to sleep after a zoo in Sweden was sold to developers. Jimmy's Farm and Wildlife Park in Wherstead, near Ipswich, along with its charity Space for Wild fundraised to bring Diego to the UK and were "overwhelmed" by support from the public. £60,000 was raised to bring the bear from Orsa Predator Park in Sweden to Jimmy's Farm. Diego will have two acres of paddock to explore at the wildlife park, which is home to more than 100 different species. Diego is the second bear rescued by the wildlife park after Ewa the polar bear arrived in Suffolk in October. Jimmy Doherty, founder of Jimmy's Farm & Wildlife Park, said, "I couldn’t sit there and do nothing, knowing that Diego was going to be put to sleep. It just wasn’t right. I am over the moon that he is safely here.".
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