Bogota orchestra performs concert for dogs
By AFP
25 December 2020 |
11:08 am
Members of the Bogota Philharmonic Orchestra perform a concert for pets and their humans in support of animal rights and to raise awareness of the impact on animals of fireworks, which are a popular Christmas and New Year tradition in Colombia.
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