Article 6Z8J6 Italy's 'bear-smart' town

Italy's 'bear-smart' town

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editors@theworld.org (Angelo Van Schaik)
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If you're looking for something a little off the beaten track this summer, then may we suggest that you try out the village billing itself as Europe's first-ever bear smart community?" And no, we're not taking you to the forests of Finland or the mountains of Romania - but to the central Italian village of Pettorano sul Gizio, where brown bears really do regularly wander into gardens. How is the community dealing with these overly curious ursine visitors? Angelo Van Schaik has been finding out.

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