Brown bear, believed extinct, found in Zamora province
Friday, August 9, 2013 @ 12:29 AM
A WILD animal thought to have been extinct for over 100 years has been found alive and well in the western province of Zamora.
Experts say a colony of the brown bear (otherwise known as the 'grizzly bear')has been found in the La Carballeda valley and the village of Sanabria, according to witnesses and, although these statements are not scientifically conclusive, the information given has been enough to show that the animals are likely to still be breeding and living in the wild.
One of the witnesses was a bee-keeper whose hives in Vega del Castillo were attacked by brown bears at the end of May, and who has allowed the authorities to set up CCTV cameras in the area to capture the mammals on film.
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