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How elusive brown bears have become a tourist attraction in northern Spain
Daylight is only just breaking over Spain's Cantabrian Mountains and already a dozen enthusiasts are up and about in the hope of spotting a brown bear.
'No to bears': Farmers in Spain's Pyrenees protest against predators re-introduction
Hundreds of Spanish livestock farmers staged a protest Thursday in the Pyrenees town of Ainsa against the re-introduction of brown bears to the mountain region saying the predators are a menace to their flocks.
Shepherds on French-Spanish border fear that bears will strike again
As day breaks over the Pyrenees mountains, hundreds of sheep scuttle up a valley, the clanging of their neck bells echoing around the hills that fringe the French-Spanish border.
Spanish brown bear wanders across border into Portugal, the first in 175 years
The first brown bear sighting in Portugal in more than a century was confirmed by wildlife experts on Thursday, after reports of an animal in the northeast of the country.
VIDEO: Late night bear encounter in northern Spain sparks anger
The occupants of a car who chased down two frightened bears in the mountains of Cantabria, northern Spain, have been criticized for animal abuse.
Debate over Pyrenean bears leads to death threats
A row between locals and wildlife agents over bears living in the Pyrenean mountains has escalated as farmers blame the wild animals for attacks on their sheep.
Bear chases flock of 209 sheep off a cliff to their death in Pyrenees
A bear is being blamed for the deaths of an entire flock of sheep which were found at the base of a cliff in the Pyrenees near the border between France and Spain.
Drought threatens Spain's wild bears with starvation
A very dry summer and poor fruit harvest has left Spain’s population of wild brown bears suffering from malnutrition.
Protected brown bear found shot dead in northern Spain
Spanish police opened an investigation on Monday after tourists discovered the body of a brown bear, a protected species in Spain, with a single gunshot wound to the chest.
Spain's mild winter is waking bears from hibernation early
Brown bears in the Pyrenees have been spotted waking early from their winter slumber thanks to the warm weather but there's a cold front coming.
DNA confirms endangered lynx has returned to Madrid after 40 years
Scientists are able to confirm that the world’s most endangered feline is making a comeback in the hills around Spain’s capital after an absence of four decades.
Climbing a tree is no picnic for this adorable family of Spanish bears
A family of bears has been captured on film trying – and failing – to climb a tree in the Spanish Pyrenees.