The Local Italy 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 Europe set to allow more wolf hunting after protection status lowered Dozens of countries on Tuesday approved downgrading the protection status of the wolf in Europe, a move activists say will upset the recovery made by the species over the past 10 years after near extinction a century ago. https://www.thelocal.it/20241203/europe-set-to-allow-more-wolf-hunting-after-protection-status-lowered Tue, 03 Dec 2024 13:33:52 +0100 europe-set-to-allow-more-wolf-hunting-after-protection-status-lowered Seven places to see wild flamingos in Italy It might surprise you to learn that Italy has a number of pink flamingo populations for several months each year. Starting from late winter and early spring, the birds migrate to Italian waters – where you can admire them in the wild. https://www.thelocal.it/20180316/where-to-see-wild-flamingos-in-italy Fri, 16 Mar 2018 09:07:38 +0100 where-to-see-wild-flamingos-in-italy Something's fishy: why are thousands of dead shrimp washing up on an Italian beach? This is an Italian language learner article. Test your vocabulary by trying to guess the Italian for the words highlighted in bold, then check the translations provided at the bottom. https://www.thelocal.it/20190114/why-are-thousands-of-dead-shrimp-washing-up-on-an-italian-beach Mon, 14 Jan 2019 13:34:03 +0100 why-are-thousands-of-dead-shrimp-washing-up-on-an-italian-beach Beavers return to Italy after 450 years The Eurasian beaver has been spotted in Italy for the first time in more than 450 years. https://www.thelocal.it/20181206/beavers-return-to-italy-after-450-years Thu, 06 Dec 2018 11:53:34 +0100 beavers-return-to-italy-after-450-years Falcons and sheep sent in to help clean up Rome Falcons have once again taken to the skies of Rome to scare off the large number of pesky starlings that poop on citizens and tourists in the Eternal City. https://www.thelocal.it/20181123/falcons-and-sheep-sent-in-to-help-clean-up-rome Fri, 23 Nov 2018 11:32:47 +0100 falcons-and-sheep-sent-in-to-help-clean-up-rome Why an early Italian drawing of a cockatoo rewrites what we know about trade routes Drawings of an Australasian cockatoo discovered on the pages of a 13th-century Italian manuscript suggest trade Down Under was flourishing as far back as medieval times, researchers said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180626/italy-art-of-hunting-with-birds-cockatoo-australia Tue, 26 Jun 2018 11:03:15 +0200 italy-art-of-hunting-with-birds-cockatoo-australia Peregrine falcons discovered nesting in Florence's bell tower Workers carrying out checks on Giotto's Campanile in Florence found that they had company some 80 metres above the city: a nest of peregrine falcons. https://www.thelocal.it/20180510/peregrine-falcon-nest-giottos-bell-tower-florence-italy-video Thu, 10 May 2018 14:54:12 +0200 peregrine-falcon-nest-giottos-bell-tower-florence-italy-video One of Rome's rare wolf cubs killed by hit-and-run driver One of the first wild wolf cubs to be born in Rome in 100 years was run over and killed last week in an incident that a wildlife charity suspects could have been deliberate. https://www.thelocal.it/20180416/rome-wolf-cub-killed-castel-di-guido Mon, 16 Apr 2018 14:20:41 +0200 rome-wolf-cub-killed-castel-di-guido Deer gets lost, wanders into Italian bakery A deer walks into a bakery... It might sound like the start of a bad joke, but it happened in Italy on Thursday morning and here's the video to prove it. https://www.thelocal.it/20180412/deer-in-bakery-video-ortona-abruzzo-italy Thu, 12 Apr 2018 19:18:52 +0200 deer-in-bakery-video-ortona-abruzzo-italy Volunteers are evacuating 100 stray goats from an idyllic Italian island In what's been called the "biggest rescue operation ever attempted in Italy", animal lovers have begun removing around 100 stray goats from the island of Palmaria. https://www.thelocal.it/20180207/stray-goats-evacuated-palmeria Wed, 07 Feb 2018 18:37:30 +0100 stray-goats-evacuated-palmeria Killing of brown bear in northern Italy enrages activists A brown bear has been shot dead by forest rangers in Italy after it allegedly attacked a walker in the northeastern Trentino region last month, local media said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170814/death-of-brown-bear-killed-in-northern-italy-enrages-activists Mon, 14 Aug 2017 11:53:37 +0200 death-of-brown-bear-killed-in-northern-italy-enrages-activists Never rains but it pours for guano-hit Rome Weekend rain washed away the dangerous pollution that has afflicted Rome in recent weeks but left city authorities with a new headache: roads and pavements made treacherous by bird droppings. https://www.thelocal.it/20160104/never-rains-but-it-pours-for-guano-hit-rome Mon, 04 Jan 2016 09:12:36 +0100 never-rains-but-it-pours-for-guano-hit-rome Black widow spiders haunt Sardinia The highly venomous Mediterranean black widow spider - long thought to be extinct in Sardinia - has made a comeback to the island with three sightings confirmed in the last month. https://www.thelocal.it/20151207/black-widow-spider-haunts-sardinia Mon, 07 Dec 2015 17:42:16 +0100 black-widow-spider-haunts-sardinia Rome boar sightings renew calls for cull The sighting of wild boars in and around Rome has provoked fresh calls for the boar population, which has exploded in recent years across Italy, to be better controlled. https://www.thelocal.it/20150909/rome-boar-sightings-renew-calls-for-cull Wed, 09 Sep 2015 12:37:08 +0200 rome-boar-sightings-renew-calls-for-cull