Another year has passed under the banner of conservation
The tenth year of activity of Salviamo l’Orso has come to an end with the publication of the magazine “The Bear Lands”: https://issuu.com/salviamolorso/docs/n._16_-_dic_2022
Alleged bear attack in the province of Frosinone
We share the caution of the Abruzzo Lazio e Molise National Park in commenting on the news of an attack that a citizen of the province of Frosinone has allegedly suffered in recent days from a Marsican bear. There are too many discordant versions, many with a ‘Domenica del Corriere’ tone so dear to certain..
Press release on the new ski lifts in the Maiella National Park
A press release by Salviamo l’Orso, the Abruzzo Ornithological Station, LIPU and ALTURA on the Maiella National Park’s heavy censure of the Passolanciano-Maielletta preliminary project, confirming the associations’ criticism.
A road for bears
WHAT DID IT HAPPENED? On 2019 Christmas Eve night, a female Marsican brown bear was killed on Strada statale 17: a high busy road in Abruzzo. The bear was run over by a car while crossing the road with her cub. The cub came back many times to the crash site looking for his mother.
Safe roads for bears
Making the roads safe is crucial for people and animals in Central Apennines. During the last two years – notes the observatory of Asaps, the Association supporters and friends of the Traffic Police – 360 incidents involved wildlife and were classified as “serious”.
Coexistence with bears in Alto Molise is possible
Salviamo l’Orso and Rewilding Apennines are going to organise a public event together with the Municipality of San Pietro Avellana to inform the community about the goals and the actions of the LIFE Bear-Smart Corridors initiative.
Under the Berne Convention, the wolf remains a strictly protected species
According to the Bern Convention, wolves remain a strictly protected species. The Standing Committee of the international agreement on wildlife conservation and natural habitats said no to the Swiss Confederation’s request to downgrade the wolf as a protected species.
About Roccaraso and Carrito
The video of Carrito’s latest incursion in Roccaraso shot by a citizen shows the bear rummaging through piles of rubbish accumulated in front of the ecological island. A demonstration of how the incivility of humans, coupled with the inefficiency of the municipal administration, is the cause of the bear’s presence in the village and most..
Salviamo l’Orso’s meeting in Rome
The construction of new ski resorts is a serious threat to the habitat of the bears and many animal species living in the Central Apennines.
After the failure the cutting of the Sirente-Velino Park, now they want to open an even wider front at Community level
We learned of the ongoing work between the Abruzzo Region and the Ministry of the Environment promoted by Senators Liris and Sigismondi to cut off large areas of the Special Protection Area and the Site of Community Interest of Campo Imperatore, where the ski resort is located and where they want to spend more public..
