https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed An "abnormally predatory" brown bear that has killed horses in the mountains between France and Spain could be removed from the area if he doesn't change his behaviour, Spanish environmental authorities said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20190525/this-horse-killing-bear-is-causing-unease-in-spain-and-france Sat, 25 May 2019 13:37:05 +0200 this-horse-killing-bear-is-causing-unease-in-spain-and-france A female bear airlifted to the French Pyrenees a few months ago to bolster the local bear population has wandered into Spain’s Navarre and killed eight sheep. https://www.thelocal.es/20190517/spain-calls-urgent-meeting-to-decide-fate-of-new-sheep-killing-bear-in-pyrenees Fri, 17 May 2019 12:05:24 +0200 spain-calls-urgent-meeting-to-decide-fate-of-new-sheep-killing-bear-in-pyrenees Goiat, a brown bear aged between 12 and 14, who was transferred to the Spanish Pyrenees from his native Slovenia two years ago, has angered local farmers after committing a killing spree against livestock. https://www.thelocal.es/20180723/brown-bear-with-taste-for-mare-faces-expulsion-from-pyrenees Mon, 23 Jul 2018 13:13:07 +0200 brown-bear-with-taste-for-mare-faces-expulsion-from-pyrenees Spanish police opened an investigation on Monday after tourists discovered the body of a brown bear, a protected species in Spain, with a single gunshot wound to the chest. https://www.thelocal.es/20160912/protected-brown-bear-found-shot-dead-in-spain Mon, 12 Sep 2016 17:13:39 +0200 protected-brown-bear-found-shot-dead-in-spain A brown bear imported from Slovenia has been released in Spain's northern Pyrenees mountains as part of a programme to ensure the species' survival in the region, local officials said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160608/brown-bear-released-in-pyrenees-in-survival-plan Wed, 08 Jun 2016 10:25:38 +0200 brown-bear-released-in-pyrenees-in-survival-plan Brown bears in the Pyrenees have been spotted waking early from their winter slumber thanks to the warm weather but there's a cold front coming. https://www.thelocal.es/20160114/warm-weather-wakes-bears-up-early-from-slumber-but-cold-winds-to-come Thu, 14 Jan 2016 16:48:29 +0100 warm-weather-wakes-bears-up-early-from-slumber-but-cold-winds-to-come A family of bears has been captured on film trying – and failing – to climb a tree in the Spanish Pyrenees. https://www.thelocal.es/20151103/climbing-a-tree-is-no-picnic-for-these-spanish-bears Tue, 03 Nov 2015 12:12:25 +0100 climbing-a-tree-is-no-picnic-for-these-spanish-bears A driver in northern Spain got more than he bargained for recently when a sprinting brown bear was caught in his headlights. https://www.thelocal.es/20150624/un-bear-lievable-bear-filmed-on-late-night-run Wed, 24 Jun 2015 13:27:23 +0200 un-bear-lievable-bear-filmed-on-late-night-run A man was injured on Wednesday after a brown bear attacked him while he was taking photos along a common hiking trail by a Cantabrian mountain. https://www.thelocal.es/20150604/bear-attacks-youth-in-monte-de-el-bardal-spain-scenic-hiking-path Thu, 04 Jun 2015 13:52:42 +0200 bear-attacks-youth-in-monte-de-el-bardal-spain-scenic-hiking-path A brown bear cub that was part of an effort to reintroduce the species to the Pyrenees mountains has been found dead on the Spanish side of the mountain range, local officials said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20141125/bear-cub-found-dead-in-spanish-pyrenees Tue, 25 Nov 2014 10:00:00 +0100 bear-cub-found-dead-in-spanish-pyrenees A Spanish animal rights group is suing a circus worker who left a bear tied to a lamp post in the middle of a hail storm while he went to a bar to have a drink. https://www.thelocal.es/20140916/drunk-tamer-ties-bear-to-lamppost-in-hail-storm Tue, 16 Sep 2014 13:40:54 +0200 drunk-tamer-ties-bear-to-lamppost-in-hail-storm The oldest bear in Spain's Pyrenees could be sterilized to give other males in the mountainous region a chance to reproduce, something impossible up to now given the sexual appetite and aggressiveness of this 'king of the forest'. https://www.thelocal.es/20140606/spains-pyros-bear-pyrinees-castrated Fri, 06 Jun 2014 16:05:00 +0200 spains-pyros-bear-pyrinees-castrated A giant panda which is already a mother of twins gave birth again on Friday in a Madrid zoo, welcoming the tiny new arrival with licks, zoo officials said. https://www.thelocal.es/20130902/rare-panda-cub-born-in-madrid-zoo Mon, 02 Sep 2013 18:14:00 +0200 rare-panda-cub-born-in-madrid-zoo