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 Two rare sightings of a lynx in the autonomous northern Italian province of Trentino in August and September have cheered nature lovers, who had feared for its survival. https://www.thelocal.it/20181008/rare-lynx-sightings-in-northern-italy-excite-naturalists Mon, 08 Oct 2018 20:00:00 +0200 rare-lynx-sightings-in-northern-italy-excite-naturalists Residents in the Italian region of Abruzzo were left shocked when a bear ran through a town's cobbled streets. https://www.thelocal.it/20170823/bear-gatecrashes-party-in-central-italian-town Wed, 23 Aug 2017 18:31:22 +0200 bear-gatecrashes-party-in-central-italian-town Italy has its own subspecies of bear – but there are only 50 left. Lecturer Carlo Meloro explores the problems they face. https://www.thelocal.it/20170626/italian-bears-barely-bearing-up Mon, 26 Jun 2017 18:41:24 +0200 italian-bears-barely-bearing-up If Italians go down to the woods today they might be in for a big surprise: bears. And in a country no longer used to big predators, it's no picnic. https://www.thelocal.it/20141117/wild-bears-not-welcome-by-italian-farmers Mon, 17 Nov 2014 10:45:00 +0100 wild-bears-not-welcome-by-italian-farmers Italian and Swiss officials are butting heads over how to tackle bears roaming between the two countries, after one bear was shot for stealing potatoes. https://www.thelocal.it/20130823/roaming-bears-face-risky-border-crossing Fri, 23 Aug 2013 17:52:23 +0200 roaming-bears-face-risky-border-crossing