Скачать или смотреть Mating season for the Alpine brown bears - part I

Brown bears (Ursus arctos) have never disappeared from the Brenta mountain range (Trentino, Italy). Nevertheless, the autochthonous population being at imminent risk of extinction, ten bears (three males and seven females) captured in Slovenia were translocated between 1999 and 2002. Since then, the population has increased to an estimate of 42 bears in 2016 (interval: 38-55, excluding cubs). This is the only remaining population of brown bears throughout the whole Alpine range.

This footage shows the behavior of brown bears during the mating season, in one of the most rugged slopes of Brenta mountain range.

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