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There are, in the Comenius project, very different countries when we come to think of big predators. Romania, for example, still has a lot of bears, wolves and lynx contrary to England that does not have any.

In France it is different. The French authorities try to keep those magnificent animals. Lynx were reintroduced 30 years ago in the Vosges. And, since then their population has increased. They are now about 200 living in the Vosges, Jura, the Alps and they are beginning to invade our forests. The reintroduction has worked.

Our wolves are coming from Italy and they have been back in France for the last 10 years. However, because they are carnivorous, the shepherds ,anxious for their flocks of sheep, do not agree with their return. Consequently, the wolf population is increasing slowly. We actually count about 50 of them in the Alps.

The French bears were reintroduced in the Pyrénées a few years ago. Nonetheless, the majority of them died and  they are currently less than 10, which is not a population important enough for their survival.

Those 3 predators which are the only big carnivores living in our climate are similar   since they are mammals, carnivores and predators but they also are the biggest and more dangerous animals we have (even if they represent a ridiculous danger icompared to guns). These particularities do not help them: humans want to be the greatest so they kill all their potential adversaries.

Now that you know about French great predators, join us in the hope of their well-being and survival.

Anna  Simmons and Delphine Labarre