The radius of brown bears

Yet it feels very settled in the area, but the brown bear, which has always been present in Liébana, has expanded over the past three years its radius in the region. In recent times have the Bears' crossover 'road Ojeda-Piedrasluengas and have been detected also in the so-called' valley estrechu 'Cabezón of Liébana and in the Valle de Bedoya, Cillorigo of Liébana. "

Since the Brown Bear Foundation (FOP) confirms progress geographically. "They are looking at in areas frequented shortly before ', confirmed to this newspaper Guillermo Palomero, president of the organization. According to information available to the experts, yet we can not say that 'living there', although 'already moving in the foothills of Peña Sagra.

Nor will say they are as stable as in the mountains bordering Palencia. However, it is true that are expanding their area of movement and continue moving. We have come to see six to twelve at the time. This needs to start taking it as something normal, because that happening will appear on sites where they had lost the habit of seeing them, "explains Palomero.

For the Foundation, not surprisingly, the presence of bears in these new areas, where decades was that they were not detected. Guillermo Palomero also cree key factor "social acceptance". "Now, having bears in the mountains nearby is a pride for many." "If we are reaching areas where not long ago that they saw is partly because the inhabitants of those areas have a different conception of the bear. The message that is an endangered species ha ido Cal: already assumes that it is important that the brown bear that will not disappear from our mountains. "

This species is not considered, let alone, saved. "More threatened, in which we have room for optimism", stressed the spokesman for the FOP. Palomero no secret that is "really happy" to verify that the bear populations have increased in recent years.