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Switzerland: return bear worries after:
Largest European predator
In Switzerland. In addition, the return of the bear worries after the death of four sheep – Switzerland: return bear worries after
The animal killed four sheeps this month in the Graubor, near Scuol.
The European brown bear is the largest living predator on the continent.
KEYSTONE
- A bear attacked four sheep in Lower Engadine despite the protective dogs.
- This first attack since 2021 occurs in the same gray region.
- More than 20 bear presences have been reported in Switzerland since 2005.
- The bear observed, all males, come from the Italian Trentino.
The incident took place last Wednesday, during the night, on an alpine in Lower Engadine (GR), in Val S-Charl. Consequently, A switzerland: return bear worries after bear killed four sheep, And this, despite the on -site presence of protective dogs.
This is the first bear attack on rent animals for four years. The last dates back to 2021, when a dozen sheep had been killed. Here again, the facts took place in Basse-Engadine.
The bear. its arrival in Switzerland
Since 2005, the presence of bear has been recorded more than twenty times on Swiss territory. As a reminder, the great predator has never been voluntarily reintroduced by the Swiss authorities (unlike the wolf). But after their return to the Italian Trentino between 1999 and 2002, the bears were quick to cross borders.
Since then, bears seen in Switzerland all come from this region of Italy. All the animals detected are males, explained in 2023 switzerland: return bear worries after l’association KORAwhich ensures the monitoring of large predators. Males who generally do not stay more than a few months on Swiss territory, for lack of females.
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