The arrival of polar bears beside the railway line is causing plenty of double-takes from passengers, often announced by conductors as they spot the magnificent creatures.
By the 1990s, polar bears had become the focus of campaigns to end the caging of big, intelligent animals, as British zoos acknowledged they could not flourish in small enclosures.
Despite their natural habitat being the Arctic, polar bears had been kept in cages since Egyptian times, illustrating the longstanding human fascination with these powerful carnivores.
Now, polar bears are back in Britain with four at Jimmy's Farm and 12 in other parks, sparking discussions about the ethics of their captivity.
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