Bear necessities
Conservationists have placed a tracking collar around the neck of a 180-kilo brown bear that has been wandering the Northern Pindus Mountain Range in northern Greece. Members of the Callisto group said that the device allows them to monitor the bear’s movements via satellite technology. The animal was spotted near Grevena when it vwas looking for honey at a bee farm. The bear was shot with a tranquilizer gun so the tracking collar could be put on. Information about the bear’s movements will be analyzed to see if it is affected by the construction of the Panaghia-Grevena stretch of the Egnatia Highway, which will pass near the bear’s natural habitat in the Northern Pindus national park.
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I am glad that this is happening but what really can be done if they find that the bear isn't coping with the construction of the new road and what happens when there is lots of traffic on this road? :0(
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I am glad that this is happening but what really can be done if they find that the bear isn't coping with the construction of the new road and what happens when there is lots of traffic on this road? :0(