Rewilding Institute @rewilding.org · Nov 5 Continuing this special series, guest producer Julius Purcell journeys deep into the Pyrenees to explore the dramatic story of brown bears – once nearly extinct in these mountains, now at the center of a fierce cultural and ecological debate.
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Through vivid field reporting, interviews with conservationists, shepherds, and locals, he traces the history of Pyrenean brown bear (Ursus arctos) reintroduction, the challenges of genetic diversity, and the ongoing conflict between traditional livestock farming and modern conservation efforts.
News today is that, for the first time in 100 years a #wolf pack has been detected in the Pyrenees. The two adults and three cubs, born this year, are living in Catalonia, at the Mediterranean end of the massif. A first lone male wolf arrived in 2000. His ancestors were Italian.