Brown bear spotted in the Cairngorms ...
Keepers at RZSS Highland Wildlife Park were shocked to discover a brown bear in the female polar bear’s enclosure.
There was no sign of Victoria at all at the attraction by Kincraig, and she seemed to have been replaced by a completely different species of bear all together.
On closer inspection, however, keepers realised that the bear was indeed Victoria, but she was covered head to paw in mud, with not an inch of clean fur in sight!
Vickie Larkin, Head Carnivore Keeper at RZSS Highland Wildlife Park, said: “The keepers had quite a good laugh when we discovered her.
"She’s generally always a bit muddy as she loves rolling about in the peat, but we have never seen her this muddy.
"Victoria must have been having a ball tumbling around her enclosure. She soon cleaned off by taking a dip in her pool.”
Victoria's large custom-built enclosure features a pond and soft areas of ground, as well as plenty of space for her to explore.
It is completely separate to the home of the attraction's two male polar bears, Arktos and Walker.
The arrangement allows the park to mimic the behaviour of polar bears in the wild who only come together to mate.
