The Local France https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Shepherds on French-Spanish border fear that bears will strike again As day breaks over the Pyrenees mountains, hundreds of sheep scuttle up a valley, the clanging of their neck bells echoing around the hills that fringe the French-Spanish border. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190805/shepherds-in-south-west-france-fear-that-bears-will-strike-again Mon, 05 Aug 2019 10:46:39 +0200 shepherds-in-south-west-france-fear-that-bears-will-strike-again French farmers furious as France announces more bears for the Pyrenees Dozens of farmers and lawmakers stormed out of a meeting Thursday with France's new environment minister after he confirmed that two more bears would soon be released into the Pyrenees mountains. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180920/french-farmers-furious-as-france-announces-more-bears-for-the-pyrenees Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:31:04 +0200 french-farmers-furious-as-france-announces-more-bears-for-the-pyrenees Video: Family of Pyrenean bears emerges from hibernation in time for spring A family of brown bears has been caught on camera in the Pyrenees in a video which shows them scratching their backs on a tree trunk and climbing in the mountains. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180420/video-family-of-pyrenean-bears-emerges-from-hibernation-in-time-for-spring Fri, 20 Apr 2018 18:07:44 +0200 video-family-of-pyrenean-bears-emerges-from-hibernation-in-time-for-spring Debate over Pyrenean bears leads to death threats A row between locals and wildlife agents over bears living in the Pyrenean mountains has escalated as farmers blame the wild animals for attacks on their sheep. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170830/debate-over-violent-pyrenean-bears-leads-to-death-threats Wed, 30 Aug 2017 12:57:33 +0200 debate-over-violent-pyrenean-bears-leads-to-death-threats Bear chases flock of 209 sheep off a cliff to their death in Pyrenees A bear is being blamed for the deaths of an entire flock of sheep which were found at the base of a cliff in the Pyrenees near the border between France and Spain. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170724/bear-chases-flock-of-209-sheep-off-a-cliff-to-their-death Mon, 24 Jul 2017 12:24:47 +0200 bear-chases-flock-of-209-sheep-off-a-cliff-to-their-death Bear taken to disco in Brittany and internet gets very angry The appearance of a bear in chains in a nightclub in Brittany, western France has sparked a grizzly reaction online. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161121/bear-goes-to-disco-in-brittany-and-internet-goes-mad Mon, 21 Nov 2016 17:41:45 +0100 bear-goes-to-disco-in-brittany-and-internet-goes-mad French farmers protest bears after sheep plunge off cliffs Dozens of French farmers protested on Tuesday against the presence of bears in the Pyrenees mountains, after a flock of 125 sheep took fright and fell to their death in a ravine. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160705/french-farmers-stage-anti-bear-protest-after-sheep-tumble Tue, 05 Jul 2016 17:35:26 +0200 french-farmers-stage-anti-bear-protest-after-sheep-tumble