Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 04:05:53 +0200https://english.radio.cz/bear-population-gradually-returning-beskydy-mountains-8618496© 2026 Radio Prague International The Czech Union for Nature Conservation has been monitoring the role and presence of beasts of prey for some twenty years now. In the last few years, it has discovered that the number of bears crossing the Slovak and Polish borders into the Czech Republic is on the rise. While only one or two bears resided in Moravia's Beskydy Mountains a few decades ago, there are now at least five that have permanently settled in the region. This may sound like an insignificant development, but as Dita Asiedu reports, Czech environmentalists say it is cause for celebration: encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/medved_hnedy.jpg?timestamp=1591447820 https://english.radio.cz/bear-population-gradually-returning-beskydy-mountains-8618496 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9