The plenary session of the Cortes of Aragon approved a non-legislative proposal by which urges the government of Jorge Azcón to improve compensation for breeders for damage suffered by bear attacks in the Pyrenees. As well as the extraction of the most violent specimens. During this debate, Vox MP Juan Vidal made surreal statements: “It’s a bear that doesn’t just kill to eat, killed because he did not receive education from his mother.
“This bear kills sheep and also attacks the sheep’s combs and at the rate we continue, This will end up killing hikers. “They are convinced that this type of bear kills just to eat,” he declared to the Socialist deputies.
It should be noted that the reintroduction of the bear began in the 90s, by the French government, and without the agreement of any Aragonese executive to date. According to official data, there are more than 80 specimens recorded and this summer more than 35 attacks have been recorded in the Hecho and Ansó valleys, incidents which have also been recorded in the Sobrabe and Ribagorza regions.
