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Environmental advocates and cheerleaders for biodiversity were overjoyed that the wolves — who in their best moments look a lot like big, cuddly dogs — were making such an astonishing comeback.

"They are just so cute and cuddly," the 36-year-old software specialist from Surrey says.

Visitor numbers to the park soared and its gift shop was stuffed with Hamish cuddly toys and postcards and cards featuring him and his mum.

Teddy, meanwhile, is a childhood nickname, based on his affable and cuddly persona.

Flowers and cuddly toys were left at the spot where she died.