Bears in the Backyard, Wolves at the Door: Greek Villages Have a Growing Predator Problem
Brown bear numbers have increased fourfold since the 1990s, causing livestock losses and safety concerns, with calls to adjust hunting policies amid complex environmental factors.
- Bear and wolf populations in Greece have rebounded thanks to protected species designation, but this has caused conflicts with farmers and rural residents.
- Bear numbers have increased roughly fourfold since the 1990s, with up to an estimated 870 brown bears roaming the forests of northern Greece.
- Wolves have now spread to the outskirts of Athens and into the Peloponnese in southern Greece, and their recovery has been sustained in part by the also increasing population of wild boars.
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Greece’s Large Predator Comeback Brings Conflict Between Wildlife Recovery and Rural Fears
Brown bear. Credit: Mike McBride / Flickr / CC BY-NC 2.0 Greece’s large predators are making a strong comeback after decades of decline, but the recovery has brought new concern to rural areas now facing more encounters with bears, wolves, and wild boars. The shift became clear in northwestern Greece, where a farmer found three of his sheep mauled to death. Large paw prints near the carcasses confirmed a bear attack. “It was a bear, a very big o…
Rural Greece struggles to cope with predator comeback | Science-Environment
Lack of familiarity has led to fear in some communities, particularly following a small number of serious incidents this year a child bitten by a wolf, an elderly man injured by a bear in his yard, a hiker bitten by a bear and another hiker who died after falling into a ravine during a bear encounter.In Levea, a village of about 660 people surrounded by fields in northwestern Greece, several bear encounters were reported in October, while boars …
Rural Greece struggles to cope with predator comeback
Populations of brown bears and wolves are burgeoning in Greece, thanks to conservation efforts. But not everyone is enthusiastic about the comeback. Farmers and residents of small villages, fearful for their livelihoods and their own safety, are calling for greater…
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