Brown bear numbers grow in Pyrenees: France

Toulouse, France (AFP) April 2, 2024

The population of brown bears in the Pyrenees mountains, which had been threatened with extinction, keeps growing, French authorities said Tuesday. Bears had nearly disappeared from the Pyrenees when France began a reintroduction programme in the 1990s, importing them from Slovenia. Activists see bears as integral to preserving a fragile mountain ecosystem that is under threat from huma