Bears on the increase in France
I have just spent 3 days in the Asturias region of Spain, part of the Cantabrian mountain chain that runs a little inland from the northern Atlantic coast. Based in the Parque Natural de Somiedo our guide Marcos has a dual role of working with the www.fundacionOsoPardo.org (Brown Bear Foundation) and also with a reputable tour organisation www.wildwatchingspain.com with whom I have made a wolf tour in the past. You can sign up for a day trip, but this is risky, the weather in a high mountainous area can be misty, wet and cool, as was our last day, and can easily pass with no new sightings for us , despite many hour...