News from our project for safer roads
The goal of € 30.000 to complete “Una strada a prova d’orso” project is still a long way off, despite the donations of so many of you who have supported us in the last two months.
Who is schizophrenic, the PNALM or the associations?
With all the respect we pay to the PNALM institution and its Director Luciano Sammarone, we do not agree with his statements to Il Centro. In these statements, there is confusion between the communiqué of the associations Storia della Fauna, LIPU, ALTURA and Salviamo l’Orso, which refers to the snowshoe hike advertised by the institution..
Can beekeeping and bears coexist?
Can beekeeping and bears coexist? Riccardo Poli, of Apicoltura dell’orso (“Beekeeping of the bear”) thinks they can.
Reimagine winter
Can we rethink winter and imagine a non-impactful tourism on delicate balances of natural habitats? We believe it is possible. The first step in this direction is to say no to the environmentally and economically unsustainable expansion of ski resorts.
The new bear frontiers
The lands of the bear don’t know institutional boundaries. Sirente Velino Natural Regional Park’s boundaries have become familiar for the plantigrade.
Indiscriminate hunting does not please us, nor the European Union
Shooting animals in no-hunting areas and on no-hunting days: it’s OK for Italy.
The value of sharing and exchanging
We spent three days in the Sabine Mountains to get to know each other and share ideas and future prospects. Last weekend we met with the A.L.A association in Roccantica (Rieti), a small village in the heart of Lazio.
Support us and spread the word about the fundraising campaign to complete the fence
You can donate from this link: https://gofund.me/e36723b8 Five bears have been hit on the SS17 since 2014. Three of them, including Carrito, were killed by the impact. Three is a huge number out of a population of about sixty. When we started the fundraising campaign to secure a dangerous section of the SS17, Carrito was..
Juan Carrito has left us
The loss of Juan Carrito, road-killed on the 23rd of January along the State Road 17, leaves all of us who are passionate about human-bear coexistence in ecological corridors, with a deep sense of frustration and responsibility for the loss of another bear on the road.
Rare and precious: snow
The snow has finally covered our Apennines in white and silence. What does it mean for wild animals?
