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‘The Shepherd And The Bear’: Ursine Rewilding Program Triggers Intense Conflict – International Documentary Festival Amsterdam
The rewilding-themed documentary 'The Shepherd and the Bear' is holding its international at IDFA.
Keegan approached the topic having grown up in the British countryside, an area “that was already sterile by the time I was born,” as he has written, “quaint farmers’ cottages for retirees, holidaying Londoners, and second homes for bankers. At the Q&A, the filmmaker said he first heard about the rewilding effort from a pig farmer with experience living in the Pyrénees region who told him intense conflict had erupted pitting local shepherds against conservationists and government officials responsible for making the plan work. “He lives an incredibly environmentally respectful life and transhumance [farming], which is this process of driving the sheep up the mountain every summer to graze open ranges, there are no industrial inputs whatsoever, and the actual amount of meat production is tiny.
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