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The Brown bear is a common inhabitant in the montane rainforests of the Iberian Peninsula, though presently it can only be found in a small part of the Cantabrian coast, where one hundred specimens are spread between the provinces of Asturias, León, Palencia and Cantabria. |
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Illegal hunting, human activity, environmental damage and group fragmentation are some of the threats the species faces, being as it is already classified as “endangered”. Despite an increase of its numbers in recent years, its future still looks uncertain.
The Pyrenees have benefited from a scheme designed to reintroduce the species by importing them from Central European countries, which so far has proved successful: in just a few years, 30 individual bears in good health have been counted, which account for one third of the total population of its species across the Cantabrian Mountains.
