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![IMGP5707: Philippe Lacube, president of the Ariège Chamber of Agriculture and anti-bear activist](http://di262mgurvkjm.cloudfront.net/5da66e5d-545e-4347-81f9-5f5f04b0ae83/IMGP5707_uxga.jpg)
![IMGP9362: Foix, French Pyrenees -Pro-bear activists demeonstrate against the killing of a bear, allegedly by a farmer](http://di262mgurvkjm.cloudfront.net/375efde4-2840-4f42-93b2-d87eb8237ccd/IMGP9362_uxga.jpg)
IMGP9362: Foix, French Pyrenees -Pro-bear activists demeonstrate against the killing of a bear, allegedly by a farmer
There's a long-running conflict between a programme to reintroduce the European Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) to the Pyrenees and livestock farmers. A bear has been fatally shot. Here pro-bear supporters protest in front of the Préfecture in favour of replacing the bear by importing another from Slovenia.
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