The proliferation of bears and the consolidation of wolves in the Pyrenees
- A project underway since 2019 has detected at least 70 bears and 8 wolves in the Pyrenees. The objective of the project is to monitor the population of bears and wolves and to carry out special genetic monitoring, among others.
As we read in Naiz, the LoupO project has been coordinated by the Autonomous University of Barcelona and in two and a half years have collected over 500 samples of bears and wolves (hair, manure...), up to 70 bears and 8 wolves. Data related to feeding of these animals have also been obtained.
Bears have increased in the Pyrenees and wolves have settled in the Pyrenees and the Eastern Pyrenees, according to the study.
Support for farmers
The project involved training in the field of education, dissemination and development of canine protection plans for farmed livestock, in order to help farmers.
The Pyrenean valleys of Aezkoa, Salazar and Roncal would be a demographic desert of 3.8 square kilometres of population density (with an average of 68.1 inhabitants per square kilometre). In addition, 6.3% of this population would be older and the eastern Pyrenees would be an... [+]
Morning news. The ski resort at the top of Irati, managed by the Public College of Zuberoa, has decided to proceed with the final sawing, as they will be in snow again this year. I remember that about twenty years ago, in a special issue of Pyrénées Magazine, they announced... [+]
If you look at the Pyrenees on a map, they're like a line. Moreover, if someone tells us to paint the Pyrenean mountain range, we would surely plant the mountains together, although it looks something like what in English they call skyline. This image of the saw allows us to... [+]
