A six-week-old llama named Peanut is recovering in a British Columbia sanctuary after her mother was killed by bears on Oct. 27.

Two bears attacked Peanut's mother in the middle of the night on Eva Sim’s property in the Okanagan community of Peachland.

Sim said her husband heard the attack and was able to chase the bears away. Peanut was unharmed.

“She wouldn’t leave her mom's side until I carried her away,” said Sim. “I feel heartbroken.”

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Unable to care for a baby llama without a mother, Sim says she is grateful the Llama Sanctuary in Tappen, B.C. — a community located about 150 kilometres north of Penticton as the crow flies — was able to take her in the next day.

[Peanut is pictured at The Llama Sanctuary in Tappen, B.C.,

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