REWILDING BRITAIN - Time for the Bear?
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As a person from California, United States, your content is sure inspiring for me even though you’re from the UK.
Your videos help me to realize and be aware about the surrounding natural area near me. Thanks for getting people aware.
ah, thats awesome! You have so much awesome wildlife in California, be sure to get out and experience it 🌿
Yeah our pioneers killed every brown bear on the west coast that’s why we don’t even have them in Oregon
It's quite funny isn't it, we bang on about how we're top of the food chain, but shit ourselves when dealing with ANY animal bigger than a deer...
So true. Regarding the Bear there’s no denying there’s a threat. But instead of saying no, too dangerous, we should look to mitigate those threats. Time will tell 🌿
@@LeaveCurious Yeah I think it'll be a while before we're ready for bears
@@OneBiteoftheCherry truly wild bears anyway. a large enclosure may be something we see.
We're at the top because we've destroyed everything above us
@@LeaveCurious i think itd be ok with precautions such as carrying bear spray, let alone proper education regarding how to leave the bears alone and avoid them
Imagine if the uk did have bears in the woods, it would be scary but exciting
Some idiot would just shoot them for "sport".
Surely not as scary as a man in the woods? 😂
As an American from New Jersey here who has been recently interested in re-wilding the northeast of the country your videos have been super dope and a young perspective on how we can get these creatures back out there.
That's cool to see my videos are reaching people in America and I'm pleased you're enjoying the content. Is there a lot of potential out in the north-east?
Yes finally the bear is coming back, this will have very positive impact on the environment.
It may be a little while yet, but I hope we can see it in our life times 🙏🌿
Hopefully it is a success
@@LeaveCurious i would love it if the day ever came when you can go to bed at night in england and hear a wolf pack howling away in the distant hills, how beautiful that would be, i doubt we will ever see a bear or wolf in our own outback tho but the European Lynx and Caracal are already here i beleive....!
@@curleex3838 Caracal are African though? And Lynx aren't here we would have seen one
No it's not a positive impact.
I don't want to go camping in a country where an animal can kill me.
As a person who lives in the UK, I don't feel that the UK is big enough support a healthy bear population, especially if lynx & wolves are to be introduced as well.
I understand that Englands population is going to 80 million ! With no end to migration the wild areas have to be shrinking
Housing large reintroduced carnivores in large enclosures actually does seem like a pretty great intermediate step, it'd help to reinvigorate patches of the landscape and help acclimate people to their presence, while protecting the animals themselves from people, too
Great vid, thanks!
It could work and as you say it would hopefully replenish the land. We’re more than capable, it’s just about acquiring the right patch of land.
Because of “Right to Roam “legislation, it’s not possible to have large fenced off areas in Scotland,unless the public have access. See Allerdale estate.
Trouble with large enclosures is that you are going to enclose all kind of other species which you would like to roam freely, like roe deer, or wolves.
Great video Rob! Although your pronunciation of cairngorms made me laugh 😂.
It would be amazing to have them in the Cairngorms though considering it's really close to where I live and I hike there often. I think a huge reforestation program would be needed first the cairngorms mountains are quite bear (bare haha pardon the pun).
Haha yeah I was aware of that after I heard it… 🤷♂️ yes that was the message I tried to get across, much work to do 🌳🌲🌿🌱
Am I the only one who started singing its coming home?
ITS COMING HOME ALRIGHT 🌿
Dartmoor
Need to bring them back
Good luck my brother, having bears around in a highly cultivated landscape as it is now, that will not happen easily. But maybe on an isolated island as a start, who knows.
Bears are a little way off, truly wild bears anyway. I agree a large enclosure or on a island would work 🌿
Lynx probably
Wolves maybe
Bears probably not unfortunately
I'd say that's a fair assessment at this time 🌿
I'm from New Hampshire, a state a little bigger than Wales with a somewhat similar population density. My state has a population of 6000 black bears spread over the whole of the state from the wildlands of the north country to the urban/suburban areas of the southeast.
Do you often see them and how what issues, if any, have a arisen? 🌿
@@LeaveCurious You do see them every so often. Once I was jumping up and down in my living room to shoo one away from my window and the hummingbird feeder that was hanging from it. Mostly bears are like oversized raccoons that get into garbage cans, get into fruit trees, maize crops and chicken coops. By and large they are not too scary to have around. That said I do tend to sing/make a racket when I"m moving through thick brush so I don't surprise one (or a moose) at close range. All in all they are not that much of a problem but they do require respect and on very rare occasions they can be a danger.
If the other European countries can have bears, lynxes and wolves, the UK can too
In my area (Hargitha, Mures, Covasna Romania) bears are a big problem. The central gavorment doesn't gives licenses to hunt bears because they are protected. There are to many bears, all of them hungry. There's not enough food for them, so they attack sheep, and come to the villages and towns, eating from dumps. They are quite agresive, every month there's a story of a bear attack. (This week in Kápolnásfalu srry idk the romanian name of the village). You can't go on a hike. This is a big problem and there's a lot of resentment against the central gavorment about this issue, especially because there is ethnic tensions as well. Thank you for mentioning this side as well in the vid.
There’s not enough natural prey? That’s interesting. I thought the government permitted hunting? Maybe in the past… but thank you for sharing this 🌿
@@LeaveCurious The forests are pretty fragmented and sustaine very few prey to the bears. Deer and especially boar is heavily hunted becuse they ruin the crops. And most of this region has many villages and agriculture. Bear usually lived higher up in the mountains, but since there is close to none hunting they come down to more these more populated lands. The solution would be well planned hunting, stop of illegal logging (the only income of many really poor households) and rewilding the not used agricultural lands. It shows that nature and human coexistence needs a lot of planning, without it some decisions can cause more harm than good.
@@peternagy6067 yes it’s a complex issue… of land use which inherently makes it a social issue too. What you say seems like a good solution and I hope it improves for both the people and wildlife 🌿
The problem is capitalism and the related phenomenon of consumerism. As long as people go to non urban areas to consume a wilderness as excitement entertainment that is preferable fully wheelchair accessible, this is not going to work. However, if you make people understand that they are entering an area where being large, fat, and slow is giving them a spot on the daily specials on the apex predator menu, maybe the bear, wolf, and lynx will stand a chance.
Hahaha maybe being fat and large could help against a bear? I agree with you that capitalism/ consumerism is the root cause our civilisations problems. Nature must be accessible to everyone, which goes hand in hand with understanding how to experience it
El Oso en España no causa ningún problema 👍
increíble! gracias por compartir 🌿
Los osos estan por el norte verdad? Viví en el sur de España en Murcia he nunca he oído de osos por allí.
@@craigharkins4669 Exacto!
Norte de España y todo el Pirineo.
What would stop them heading south? Getting hit by cars?
You,re right we,re just not ready yet to have them in the wild. And maybe some day soon.We will see it in a fenced encloser
Great video as always Rob. I think we will need to focus on the wolf and lynx first and get the public on board
Yes I agree with you, the Lynx will hopefully create new perceptions 🌿
Your Atlantic Salmon runs would have to be retooled comparably to those in Iceland. Land reallocation in Scotland which means compensation. The Grizzly sits at the top.
Each national government should have a regulation that loggers have to replace trees they cut with planting trees .
100% agree with you Fernando, must harder to do in the countries where its needed most!
U.k need to bring back wolves brown bear and links.use garding dog like kangal alabi armanin gamper Kafka's dog 🐶.
I don't think its a good idea. if they find out that there is a food source like a farm they will keep coming back and become a nascence for that farmer. but they will be a protected species that will prevent farmers from getting rid of them easily. That's just my opinion. Great video though!
I think we will fined bear in the uk in 30 years
I personally doubt bears will be reintroduced to the UK soon, or ever really. The reason is, is because bears are notoriously aggressive animals, and although generally they do avoid conflict with people, conflicts will definitely happen. I think lynx would be the best option and maybe wolves in the far future
I think you’re right Theo, Bears may work in a large enclosure, or possibly the smaller American black bear… let’s get the Lynx in first 🙌🌿
Is there a possibility for a large fenced area where it could be trialled: have bears, lynx and wolves in an area with deer, wild boar, horses and cattle to create a safari that is what England and the UK would have been like pre ice age?
@@jackschannel1610 I'm not sure, maybe some of the larger gated estates? But I doubt many would be suitable habitat or even the correct scale. Its most likely to be done within an existing nature reserve, but a fence would have to be built
The UK is as wild as a granny on bingo night.
I would love to see all big carnivores back in the uk, but they’re not cold blooded killers, it’s them that have a better reason to be scared of us
I agree!
Bear!!!!!!!
BEAR!!!!!
I'm hugely in favour of bringing back the lynx to northern Britain. With the wolf and bear it's a much more complicated and problematic thing...
Agreed. But not impossible
@@LeaveCurious In the future, when there are less people in Britain maybe. Although the population is on the rise I think...
Maybe you could try Asian or American Black Bears first, since they are smaller and nicer
yes this could be a possibility🌿!
Black bears are not native to Britain, or western Eurasia at all.
South Africa style nature park's
Precisely, just gotta work on getting that big 5 🌿
I went to Canada 38 years ago, hiking in bear country. I was frightened because I knew bears kill people
Unfortunately the bear and the wolf will never be reintroduced in Britain, if we are lucky we will get the Lynx back.
I think we'll be lucky! But its going to take alot more work to educate & justify the release.
THIS. Lesss goooooo!
Yes Maxwell! 🌿
Ha ha he mentioned wild place I've been there lol 😂😂😂😂
did you like it?
@@LeaveCurious Yes it was very interesting and intreging to see how England could once again be like
@@benwoodhouse1988 yes, with time and hard work we may just see a Bear!
@@LeaveCurious ha ha I'm so excited that u actually replied to me, u are my favourite youtuber has made my week if not month the fact u replied
@@LeaveCurious can u do a video about top ten for country's that have seen massive benifits from rewilding think that would be super interesting
I still think that the bear will not mix well with the British public. Wolves and Lynx aren't nearly as (potentially) dangerous as bears, so even if attacks occur, we could deal with it accordingly.
Yeah I agree Simon
The British Isles have been over-tamed for a long time. I think introducing bears is a bad idea. But not living there, my opinion has no weight.
Kindly inform me at least a week before the bears are due to arrive. I'll be off!
How many bears are there in the UK now?
Uk is far too small and crowded for these , and you won't be able to defend yourself from them if it goes south .
You can fight a wolf and survive, you can't with bear. This not animal i want in Britain.
The best thing about UK is there's no dangerous animals and humans can enjoy the outdoors safely. Bears been brought back is insanity they're absolutely savage have no fear of people don't feel pain or gunshots and will continue eating the human alive even when shot several times before dying themself. People should be prioritised over animals more money could feed the hungry or help the sick and especially help children rather than been spent on saving animals or bringing large dangerous animals back to areas they've been eliminated from to kill or permently disfigure more humans
If by the outdoors you mean a barren wasteland. Bears and wolves keep the deer population in check, allowing for rewilding of the ecosystem, however in my opinion bears would be a step too far as they are far too powerful, aggressive, and drawn to human settlements in search of food. Wolves are much more solitary and less dangerous than bears.
Did you know that in the past, the UK was almost entirely a temperate rainforest? Sadly apex predators in Britain as well as the introduction of almost a dozen species of deer, have resulted in an absence of any flora bar invasive grasses, shrubs and bushes.
Totally agree with you. The population do not generally even have weapons to defend themselves from large predators and it is no fun going for a walk in the woods knowing a hungry bear, wolf or similar is nearby. Stupid idea.
Great video as always mate, with lots of emotive content that should evoke some serious thought. National parks would be a natural starting place to (at least at the moment) to re-wild as much as we possibly can, enclosures could be a very good start….even if the bear is some time off, if our children’s generation can be educated with this in mind, they can definitely be the architects of the future and enable the reintroduction of apex predators. Starting sooner rather than later with the lynx.
The obstacles that we face are unfortunately many due to the way our island is set up. If over half of our land continues to be dedicated to the primary role of ‘farming’ and that continues to be the train of thought with no space for even animals like the fox & badger being persecuted due to the ‘damage’ they do to livestock, crops etc, then we are going to have a very tough time making this happen. Sheep😩 I find it astonishing that so much emphasis is put on the protection of sheep farming, an animal that is specifically farmed to provide us with both food and material is still in this day and age put above, well, just about anything really. An industry that is ridiculously un profitable on the whole and takes up so much of our precious land, at the cost of so much is just mind boggling! How is it even justified?
We kill badgers because they effect cows(???) anything that gets in the way of production is fair game. It’s scandalous. Comments by that renowned farmer and countryside expert Jeremy Clarkson just feeds into this too, and just goes to show that ignorance runs deep and ensures that we keep our landscape as sterile as possible.
I just hope that we can compromise even a little at first, and allow nature to take its course in our more remote areas.
There is land and space available in the U.K., it’s just not managed in the right way. Calling for this country and that country to stop cutting down trees, hunting elephants and destroying ecosystems is all very well, but apart from the amazing work done by some people in the U.K. to reverse some of the things we have done over the centuries, we are pretty s**t of practicing what we preach.
Thanks again and let’s keep educating people to the benefits of having really wild areas with the right balance of flora & fauna to ensure we can experience the amazing spectacle of seeing these and the other wild animals that have managed to cling on, on our island👍
Bears are too big and too dangerous. Its not going to happen.
for me, the issue i have with specifically bears, is that I can't picture what co-existance with brown bears would look like. Where-as with Lynx or Wolves, that picture has already been painted for me in my mind. I don't think the solution can be segregation into human zones and wild zones, because us humans are part of the ecology, I also don't like this creeping implication that'll we'll just shove all the dangerous things up in scotland where noone lives anyway, and we can just come and visit. like, i don't think people from far outside these areas should get to decide and impose that.
So yeah, alot of education around bears, how they think and behave, how to be safe around them, and a plan that includes space for bears to do bear things, and humans to do human things without it being a competition for space and resources.
Lastly, I think brits would be alot less cagey abourt wild animals, if they had confidence a violent encounter wouldnt mean death or serious injury. Human life and health must come first because we are humans and when we dont do that it leads to malthusian eco-fascism.
You can't have species like that without allowing the public to carry things to defend themselves. I'd rather neither
True Ricardo, bit of catch 22 - other alternative is to have rangers in the area with guns. Again, not without its own complications.
@@LeaveCurious O, come on! Can't provide a ranger with a gun per tourist. There are strict rules about packing food in national parks, like, you have to carry a bear barrel while camping, but guns... people just don't carry them.
Hahaha they want to put in bears to rewild this place smh, bears are like sharks and Crocs they will kill anything and hunt humans unlike other creatures