What's Up in the Pyrenees? Disappearance of the Last Native Bear, and the Situation in 2011

摘要

The brown bear population in the Pyrenees has never entirely disappeared, but has been reinforced through the translocation of 8 bears from Slovenia in 1996, 1997, and 2006. Since our prior update of the situation (see IBN Nov. 2009, p. 8-10), the French Ministry of Ecology announced the release of a female Slovenian bear to augment the western core of the population. This initiative, planned to occur in Spring 2011, was eventually cancelled. In this part of the Pyrenees, only 2 males now remain.