Reintroduction of the bear in the Pyrenees: the visit of Nicolas Hulot canceled

His announcement was a bombshell in the Pyrenees. Last March, Nicolas Hulot, Minister of the ecological transition expressed his will to reintroduce two plantigrades in Béarn for " to save the original strain of the Pyrenees ".

Last April, some 1,200 breeders and elected representatives of mountain areas showed their dissatisfaction in the streets of Pau, facing this plan bear. And they have been waiting for one thing: to drive the nail when the minister's coming to Béarn promised for Monday, July 23.

An opportunity that they will not be able to seize for the moment since the visit of Nicolas Hulot would be canceled, without which one knows for the moment the reason.

Nearly complete public consultation

When will the Minister of Ecological Transition speak out on the bear plan? Impossible to say for the moment. Yet the consultation phase with the population is close to completion, since the public consultation on the issue of the reintroduction of the bear, posted on the website of the prefecture, stops next Wednesday 25 July

One thing is certain the reintroduction of the plantigrade in the Pyrenees is an explosive issue. Pro and anti have been engaged for years in a relentless war. In 2017, an armed group was even staged in a video to appeal to the bear hunt.

Anti-bear regularly raised by herd attacks. There would have been 162 in 2017.