Officials in France and Spain are considering what to do about a bear which has taken to killing horses, sheep and goats and raiding bee-hives as it roams through the Pyrenees.
Released on the Spanish side of the mountains in 2016, ‘Goiat’ was brought to the region from Slovenia as part of an EU-backed project to consolidate the bear population in the mountains. The animal’s attacks have mainly been in the Val d’Aran which runs down on the Spanish side of the border.
From a population of three ...
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