Cerro al Volturno: A bear with her cub was chased by a car; the perpetrator has been identified.

He was identified and reported to the Judicial Authority for mistreatment of animals the driver of the car that chased a specimen of bear with her cub, 25 last October on Highway 17, near Cerro al Volturno.

The investigations, conducted by Carabinieri of the Investigative Unit of the Environmental, Agri-food and Forestry Police of Isernia, they highlighted how the driver's conduct caused a strong stress for the animal and its young, which are found in the period of pre-hibernation, with the risk of compromising their survival.

THEMarsican bear constitutes one particularly protected species in accordance with international and national legislation, also by virtue of the small number of its population, to date around 60 specimens. Even the loss of just one of them, therefore, risks favouring their extinction, with a enormous damage to our ecosystem and biodiversity.

The press release recalls that when you are driving and you are lucky enough to encounter one of these beautiful wild animals, need stop, turn off the engine and headlights and wait for it to move away without causing any disturbance, simply enjoying the spectacle that nature offers us.