LENNO - Not only Seriana valley: the bear has also encroached into the valley Brembana. Now there is evidence . Photo. The plantigrade Brembana has entered the territory after more than a century, precisely since 1891, when the last specimen was shot down in Val Carona.
The animal has been "captured" by the lens of camera traps held by a group of friends fond of plantigrade (including the mayor of Lenna, Mario Lazzaroni, and the Secretary Atc Alpine foothills, Mario Sonzogni) which, in recent weeks, they gave chase. Also gave valuable support to three volunteer eco Valley Brembana, Fabrizio Locatelli, two officers of provincial police, the Chair of the ATC pre-Alpine, Maurizio Volpi, owner of the "traps", photographic and Valbrembanaweb. Photo unequivocal depicting JJ5 (this is the technical name of the bear, the brother of the famous JJ2 down two years ago in Bavaria) boschi.I wander at night among the first sightings in the valley Brembana date back to early summer. On July 2, two hikers near the sight JJ5 rifigio Shack in 2000 to over Colle.I 'Safari' shoulder charge in three traps and cameras are launched on the mountainous slopes of the Beyond the hunting of plantigrade Goggi, already seen in the time Seriana high valley (the animal belongs to the second generation born from plantigrade released in the Trentino region in the late 90's under the project "Life Ursus"). The story in the words of Silvano Sonzogni who took part in the company: "All 'I thought the beginning impossible. Then the sightings after another. On 1 July, three load on his shoulder and a little camera trap 'of attractive food and continued our trip along the paths of the Beyond Goggi, along with a provincial police officer and a guard label. Each bag weighed 15 to 20 pounds. The altitude was 1,000 meters to go. In the evening we place the machines go down to the valley and confident. "Shifts fortnightly until mid-August, the group climbs in the controls. The first results are disappointing.
of digital sensors capture images of deer, deer, cattle, sheep ... But the group of friends is not to be won. On August 19, Lazzaroni Mario climbs in to control the machines. Then he calls the Sonzogni phone saying that the machine n. 4 is torn, with the protective plexiglass route and not facing up to the point of passaggiuo animals. They speculate it was a deer collided with. Lazzaroni system and everything falls into the valley. On August 23, Sonzogni Lazzaroni and they walk the trail, loaded like mules. The sensor has
n.3 shots went in vain. Pass the control of the sensor 4: between a photo to a deer and a subsequent detected, a dark shape: it is ... the bear! Zooming in, stand in front of the head of the trunk of a beech. "The bear - Sonzogni says - occurred in front of the trap at 23.20 on August 14 and set off the first shot. After four minutes, started the second. At that point, JJ5 must have been angry or curious about why he put his paws on the machine, throwing off-axis ". Brembana The bear in the valley is now a certainty. Dawn of the twenty-first has returned .
