Large carnivore populations are expanding across south Europe. 
Numbers of bears are rising in Spain, Slovenia, Italy and Romania, and there’s evidence of higher numbers in Kosovo. 
Many countries are ill-equipped to manage this surge, and do not help the local population cope with bears.
Instead they pay off farmers who lose their livestock to hungry bears, and shoot dead the animals that cause problems.
But money and murder do not solve the problem.
Bears and humans will have to get used to each other. 
Bears Uncovered investigates why bear numbers are rising, why they come into conflict with humans, and the best solutions for co-existence between the two species.

Bears remain in captivity in Europe - in private zoos, monasteries, guest houses, and outside restaurants, which sell bear meat on the menu.

We have visited, filmed and documented bears in captivity in Italy, Slovenia, Albania and Romania, where the level of care for the bears varies.

Here are our results. But we also want to know if we have missed any. Please email us at bearsuncovered@gmail.com with any information.
We want to map all the bears in captivity in Europe, so we can understand the scale of this issue.