A hot air balloon ride in the canton of St Gallen turned into a very expensive outing recently after the pilot of the aircraft used a protected wetland site as a launch site.
Workers at the Engelberg Titlis ski area in central Switzerland witnessed a highly unusual spectacle on Monday morning when a brown bear passed close by.
The canton of Bern is famous for its captive bears, and the majestic animal is even the canton’s emblem, appearing on its flag and coat of arms. But it’s been nearly two centuries since wild bear last roamed its land.
A hunter in the Swiss canton of Graubünden has reported seeing a bear in the Val du Roggiasca, part of the Val Mesolcina near the Italian border, the first bear sighting in that particular area since 1904.
Operators of a zoo near Lausanne are heaving sighs of relief after a bear weighing almost 300 kilograms was safely corralled after it briefly escaped from his compound.
A Swiss animal lover has filed a legal complaint against Bern zoo, accusing it of cruelty over the deaths of two bear cubs. Dählhölzli zoo could be fined under Switzerland’s tough animal protection laws.
Wild animals including bears, wolves and jackals are on the increase in Switzerland, a government agency said Friday, as it reported a spike in the figures across the country.
<p>Swiss experts have warned that a bear that first appeared in the Lower Engadine region, may become more dangerous after it was hit by train on Monday evening travelling from Scuol to Samedan. </p>
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<p>At the scene of a fire, started when a bear knocked a tree into an electricity pylon, police found a near-naked dead body on the border between Austria and Switzerland.</p>
<p>The bear that has been roaming around since the Easter weekend stealing honey and mauling a goat has now been tagged with a tracking device.</p>
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