https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed An Italian national park was on Friday investigating after a rare brown bear died during a capture operation carried out by biologists. https://www.thelocal.it/20180421/rare-brown-bear-dies-in-italy-capture-operation Sat, 21 Apr 2018 11:49:03 +0200 rare-brown-bear-dies-in-italy-capture-operation An endangered brown bear died on Tuesday following a traffic accident in Italy's biggest national park - the only place in the country where Marsican bears can still be found. https://www.thelocal.it/20161019/endangered-bear-killed-in-hit-and-run-in-italy Wed, 19 Oct 2016 13:30:17 +0200 endangered-bear-killed-in-hit-and-run-in-italy The body of a brown bear, a protected species in Italy, was found on Monday in Trentino, feared poisoned, the north-east province said. https://www.thelocal.it/20160322/poison-probe-after-protected-brown-bear-found-dead-in-italy Tue, 22 Mar 2016 09:20:31 +0100 poison-probe-after-protected-brown-bear-found-dead-in-italy A blond-haired bear has become something of a sensation in Italy after being caught on video by a farmer in Lombardy. https://www.thelocal.it/20150731/blonde-bear-finds-internet-fame-in-italy Fri, 31 Jul 2015 17:18:22 +0200 blonde-bear-finds-internet-fame-in-italy If you go down to the woods in Trentino, you might be in for a big surprise. The region is home to over 60 brown bears – so many that the regional authority is asking the government's permission to cull them. https://www.thelocal.it/20150716/lifes-no-picnic-for-trentinos-bears Thu, 16 Jul 2015 11:22:58 +0200 lifes-no-picnic-for-trentinos-bears News that Daniza the bear, who mauled a mushroom hunter in August in the Italian Alps, died after being tranquilized for capture has sparked outrage across Italy, with activists calling her death "animalcide". https://www.thelocal.it/20140912/outrage-over-daniza-the-bear-animalcide Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:19:59 +0200 outrage-over-daniza-the-bear-animalcide Daniza, the runaway bear who attacked a man foraging for mushrooms in northern Italy last month, has died after being sedated by her captors. https://www.thelocal.it/20140911/runaway-bear-daniza-dies-during-capture Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:24:00 +0200 runaway-bear-daniza-dies-during-capture The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has called on Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta to quickly find and deal with the culprits behind the killing of a bear in a national park in central Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20130709/bear-slaughtered-at-italian-national-park Tue, 09 Jul 2013 11:47:00 +0200 bear-slaughtered-at-italian-national-park