Bear near Cadavo Baleira

[Pelegrin]

In Neira de Rei (11 kms south)

El oso que se pasea por Neira de Rei, en Baralla

Un lucense capturó un macho de gran tamaño con su cámara de fototrampeo

www.lavozdegalicia.es

 

[MinaKamina]

this link does work, at least for now:

nice video with big bear roaming at night

https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/notic...o-pasea-neira-rei/00031720782301221706833.htm

 

[jfgough]

Beautiful animal and encouraging to see they still exist there. I live in the Blue Ridge mountains in Virginia and we have plenty of black bears as neighbors. They're good neighbors and only become a problem when humans get careless with food.

 

[Pelegrin]

I think in Fonsagrada is quite normal a bear but not at Baleira area ( low hills).

 

[CanadianBarb]

I celebrate this! I live on Vancouver Island in Canada and I often see bears on my hikes.. and yes if we leave them alone they generally are fine, unless they get too human-adapted OR with cubs or do not try to chase them away if they are gorging on yummy berries!!!

 

[Manch]

It is only a matter of time before a pilgrim gets attacked as numbers of bears and their range increases. I read an article about bears in the Cambrian mountains. Conservationists are giddy with their successes, whilst locals are scared to leave their houses.

 

[Bradypus]

I read an article about bears in the Cambrian mountains. Conservationists are giddy with their successes, whilst locals are scared to leave their houses.

I think you may mean the Cantabrian mountains. I live fairly close to the Cambrian mountains and no one I know has any anxieties about bears.

 

[Simperegrina]

It is only a matter of time before a pilgrim gets attacked as numbers of bears and their range increases. I read an article about bears in the Cambrian mountains. Conservationists are giddy with their successes, whilst locals are scared to leave their houses.

It’s been many centuries since bears were driven into extinction in the British Isles. I think you mean Cantabria in Spain

 

[Pelegrin]

In relation to bears in the Cantabrian mountains, people are only scared about their hives and cattle.

 

[Vacajoe]

Black bears are everywhere in the mountains of California and coexist peacefully with people without issue except when it comes to scavenging for food. Trash cans and ice chests have to worry, but people do not. This is not something for pilgrims to be worried about.

 

[Bradypus]

Black bears are everywhere in the mountains of California and coexist peacefully with people without issue except when it comes to scavenging for food. Trash cans and ice chests have to worry, but people do not. This is not something for pilgrims to be worried about.

The bears in Spain are Eurasian brown bears (Ursus arctos arctos) - the same species as the North American grizzly though with characteristics different enough for them to be classified as a separate subspecies from their horribilis western cousins.

 

[Vacajoe]

The bears in Spain are Eurasian brown bears (Ursus arctos arctos) - the same species as the North American grizzly though with characteristics different enough for them to be classified as a separate subspecies from their horribilis western cousins.

Yes, “different enough” because they shy away from human contact and are very timid. While physically they may resemble the North American grizzly, their personality is more like our black bears, which is why I referenced that. When people hear “bear” they become frightened, which is extremely unfortunate and the reason they were originally eradicated.

 

[Tincatinker]

It is only a matter of time before a pilgrim gets attacked as numbers of bears and their range increases. I read an article about bears in the Cambrian mountains. Conservationists are giddy with their successes, whilst locals are scared to leave their houses.

Manch, you are right, it is only a matter of time before a pilgrim gets attacked. An extrapolation of the current probabilities suggests once in the next one thousand years. Unless there is a significant increase in the number of pilgrims dressed as beehives or dead sheep

 

[dick bird]

It is only a matter of time before a pilgrim gets attacked as numbers of bears and their range increases. I read an article about bears in the Cambrian mountains. Conservationists are giddy with their successes, whilst locals are scared to leave their houses.

Can you share a link to this article, please?