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Two bears radio-collared in Slovenia this spring

In the frame of LIFE DINALP BEAR project we radio-collared 2 bears in Slovenia in the last four weeks. They were both males, one 3 years old, the second 6 years old. Both captures proceeded as planned and we are already tracking their movements with the help of the data on their locations, sent by […]
23 / 6 / 2017
D1 Conflict behaviour, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Population monitoring

Captured and radio-collared a bear in Trentino

On Tuesday evening in val Algone, Italy, a female bear in great health condition and weighing 110 kg was captured, radio-collared, and released. This is the second capture of a bear in Autonomous Province of Trento this year, where Forest and Fauna Service is monitoring Trentino bear population in the frame of DINALP BEAR project. […]
2 / 6 / 2017
Conflict mitigation, D1 Conflict behaviour, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Management plans, Population monitoring

A bear in Trentino, Italia, captured, radio-collared and released

Two nights ago a young, subadult male bear entered a tube trap in the area of Lasino, Trentino (IT), set in the field by the LIFE DINALP BEAR project team and Corpo Forestale Provinciale personnel. The bear was narcotised to enable the capture team to measure it, take all the necessary samples and to fit […]
7 / 4 / 2017
Conflict mitigation, D1 Conflict behaviour, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Population monitoring

Preventing traffic related bear mortality in Slovenia

In 2016, we were monitoring the effectiveness of mitigation measures implemented to prevent traffic related bear mortality along sections of the main road Ljubljana – Kočevje and railway sections between Ljubljana – Postojna (Rakek) and Postojna – Prestranek. We were glad to observe that the drivers reduced the speed of vehicles for ca. 8 km/h, […]
20 / 1 / 2017
Bear mortality, Conflict mitigation, D, D2 Traffic related mortality, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Uncategorized

A handbook on protecting sheep against large carnivore attacks has been published

The Slovenian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food, and Slovenia Forest Service have published a handbook about prevention measures of large carnivores attacks. The publication also introduces large carnivores’ behaviour when confronted with livestock and describes different practices of livestock protection. The handbook follows the objectives of successful co-existence between people and large carnivores, which […]
22 / 12 / 2016
C2 Damage cases, Conflict mitigation, D1 Conflict behaviour, E5 Media, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Public attitudes

GPS tracking of bear movement in Slovenia

Within the LIFE DINALP BEAR project 3 bears have been so far fitted with GPS collars in Slovenia – 2 females and 1 male. The first female (no. 41110, age 6, 120 kg) was captured at the edge of Loška dolina. During her tracking, she spent most of the time on Javorniki Mts. above Loška […]
26 / 10 / 2016
Conflict mitigation, D, D1 Conflict behaviour, LIFE DINALP BEAR, News

Video surveillance of bears in the area of state road Ljubljana – Kočevje in 2016

The second video surveillance to monitor the presence and behaviour of bears and other wildlife in the vicinity of the state roads in Slovenije has started in March 2016 and will last until the end of the year. Again, three camera traps were installed on two sections of the main road Ljubljana – Kočevje. The […]
28 / 9 / 2016
Bear mortality, D2 Traffic related mortality, LIFE DINALP BEAR

First Slovenian bears fitted with GPS collars

Understanding brown bear behaviour in areas where there are many opportunities for them to cause problems to people is crucial for designing appropriate conflict mitigation measures. Radio tracking of bears provides valuable data on how bears use available resources and what protection measures work the best. Recently we have captured and equipped with tracking collars three bears in […]
8 / 7 / 2016
Conflict mitigation, D, D1 Conflict behaviour, LIFE DINALP BEAR, News

Video surveillance of bears in the area of state roads

The first video surveillance to monitor the presence and behaviour of bears in the vicinity of the state roads in Slovenije was carried out in fall 2015. Three cameratraps were installed on two sections of the main road Ljubljana – Kočevje (Jasnica and Ortnek). The surveillance proved that the area is interesting for bears and […]
30 / 12 / 2015
Bear mortality, D2 Traffic related mortality, LIFE DINALP BEAR

Press release from PAT: Bear equipped with GPS collar in Valle dello Sporeggio

Provincia Autonoma di Trento published the press release about the bear capturing planned in the Action D.1 of the LIFE DINALP BEAR project. On October 28th the Trentino bear intervention group has captured a big male bear weighting 283 kg (the largest captured in Trentino so far). For Trentino area this is the third bear […]
28 / 10 / 2015
Communication campaign, D1 Conflict behaviour, E5 Media, LIFE DINALP BEAR, Population monitoring