Famous bear in Italy, of rare species, dies run over and moves the country

THE Italy Tuesday the 24th dawned in mourning. The country lost Juan Carrito, a bear who made headlines for breaking into a bakery and spending the afternoon devouring cookies. The 150 kg animal, which is part of the marsicano species, which is relatively rare and lives in the mountains of Italy – there are believed to be only around 50 bears in the country – was hit by a car on a mountain road near the town from Castel di Sangro, in central Italy, on Monday night. “There are no words to express our sadness for what happened,” Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise national park said on Instagram. “Juan Carrito was a troublesome bear, but at the park we did everything… to give him a chance and allow him to remain free,” he added. The animal had been captured last year and taken to a more remote region after breaking into the pandaria, however, the four-year-old boy liked to return to his old haunts in search of food. Before the accident, he had been seen at the weekend at a ski resort, according to Italian news Rai. The bear’s name partly came from the village of Carrito in Abruzzo, where local media reported that it was first seen crossing a road. Carrito is also a Spanish word, hence the first name Juan.