High in the mountains of the Pyrenees, brown bears are being airdropped back into the wild, following more than two decades of absence – the product of hunters wiping out the animals to protect the livelihoods and communities of the local shepherds. For conservationists, the move is essential, and morally right. But to those who call the mountains home, it’s tended to go down badly.
For British filmmaker Max Keegan, the conflict between both parties felt like fruitful material for a documentary. “It’s a conflict in which I can understand both sides of the debate,” he explains. “And I think both sides are right to be upset.”
