Paddy Power says sorry for controversial polar bear campaign after social media backlash

Paddy Power has revealed that a print ad this week featuring a polar bear apparently graffitied with a St. George's Cross were a hoax, designed to draw attention to the plight of the animals in Russia.

by Simon Gwynn

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