Photo from La Voz de Galicia
La Voz de Galicia has an interesting article today that tells of a bear that was killed on the highway between Ponferrada and O Cebreiro. This is pilgrim territory, so I thought I would create a post on this here.
Bears are not common in this area, and this is the first time one has been killed by a car. The bear itself was about 1,80 meters tall and had a weight of about 100 kg.
The exact location of the accident was at Trabadelo in the province of León, about 4 km from O Cebreiro.
October 30th, 2008 at 1:38
Poor bear.
November 1st, 2008 at 2:54
So sad to see a beautiful rare wild animal killed on the road like that.
November 1st, 2008 at 4:47
I am so sorry for this. Our friends in the wild do not understand the inroads that we have made into their homes, and they are paying for this with their lives.
Rest in peace, our bear brother.
lynne
December 7th, 2008 at 18:21
I walked the same route in April, maybe he/she was already around…I’m sure I would have been scared if we meet, but still, I’m so sorry for the death of the poor bear…:(
RIP
P.S.:Lynne Sihvonen, you are right!