News about Amarena’s cubs
The two orphaned cubs of Amarena are being constantly monitored by the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park zoologists, park rangers and the Carabinieri Forestali officers.
A future for the bear
On Sunday 10th September at 10 a.m. in Piazza Mazzarino in Pescina (Province of L’Aquila), the event “A Future for the Bear” was held in memory of the bear Amarena and in defence of Italian fauna.
Update on Amarena killing
Post-mortem examination of the bear carcass Amarena was killed by a single fatal shot. The bullet perforated her lungs and death occurred due to haemorrhaging. This is what emerged from the first results of the necropsy, carried out on September 5 in the Veterinary Department of the University of Teramo, on the body of the..
Stop construction of cross-country ski stadium at Piani di Pezza
Works began before the environmental impact assessment was published and then were suspended on July 26.
Farewell Amarena
By now the news of Amarena’s death, which was shot on the evening of August 31 with a rifle, has made the rounds in Italy. Salviamo l’Orso immediately started all the legal procedures, which we hope will ensure a trial that will bring justice to Amarena, the cubs and all those people who have taken..
Vaccination campaigns
In recent weeks, Salviamo l’Orso has resumed its health prevention action against the main infectious diseases that dogs can spread to wolves and bears. In fact, we vaccinated 67 shepherd dogs as well as microchipping and registering 11 of them in the regional canine registry. In continuity with previous years, the action involved livestock farms..
Sharing good habits
This video published on Neve Appennino’s YouTube channel documents the respectful behaviour shown towards Amarena and her two cubs by the drivers who stopped their cars on both sides of the road, waiting for the bears to depart from the Marsicana State Road 83 near Pescina, rather than chasing them as, unfortunately, often happens in..
The economic value linked to the presence of the Marsican brown bear in the Central Apennines
This is the title of the research that our volunteer Elena Parisi from the University of Florence is carrying out to analyse, through the administration of an online questionnaire, what is the general attitude of tourists and residents of the Municipalities bordering the National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise towards the Marsican brown bear..
Construction works of a cross-country stadium at Piani di Pezza suspended
Thanks to the reports from Salviamo l’Orso, Stazione Ornitologica Abruzzese ONLUS, CAI Abruzzo, Dalla parte dell’Orso, Italia Nostra Abruzzo and LIPU Abruzzo, the Municipality of Rocca di Mezzo has finally suspended the construction works of a cross-country stadium in the Piani di Pezza, an area of high-natural value of the Parco Naturale Regionale Sirente Velino,..
Goodbye dear friend
Gaetano de Persiis, for all of us “Nanni,” left us last night. Sad news, a great loss for us, for SLO, for all those who have fought and are fighting to safeguard what remains of this nature mistreated and devastated by selfishness, business interests and indifference. Nanni was among the first,10 years ago, to start,..
