Two bears died in traffic accidents in the province of León in less than two weeks: a bear was run over on August 18 and a bear died from the same cause on the 28th. This is the provisional balance of a tragic month of August for the population of this protected species in an area of special importance as it is a link or connectivity between the eastern and western bear subpopulations on the Cantabrian coast.
Agents of the Nature Protection Service (Seprona) of the Civil Guard and environmental technicians from the Junta de Castilla y León proceeded, on the afternoon of Monday 28, to collect the corpse of a bear cub (a specimen of about eight months of age) found dead hours before at kilometer point 111,200 of the AP-66, direction Asturias, in the municipality of Soto and Amío in the province of León. The body was transferred to the Wild Animal Recovery Center of the Junta in Valladolid for the corresponding necropsy.
This is the second bear that has lost its life due to an accident in just ten days in the province of León, since on August 18 a young bear was found dead, after being run over at kilometer 168.5 of the CL-626, between the provinces of León and Palencia.
