Bear Viewing Platform at Cabarceno, 11/06/15

Immediately following feeding time.

I find the Bear enclosure very interesting. Given they don't overcrowd(far from it) in the other e.g. African enclosures, why keep so many Bears together?

I would really like to know if they are pure Spanish bears too, or just 'European'.

A lot of bears, but I'd still say they have far more space per bear than anywhere keeping bears in the UK (even YWP/Highland/Woburn). Keep in mind all the cliff/hillside space and the land at the top is accessible for them, and this is only a quarter-to-third of the length at most.

I'm starting to worry I've done them a disservice by photographing all the bears together like this as it's giving a false impression!

Finally managed to find a specific figure for the size of the enclosure - it's 36 hectares (much bigger than my shoddy estimate!).

Effects of season and male's age on brown bear (Ursus arctos) mating length - ResearchGate

No you didn't as had you not done so, we wouldn't know just how many Bears there are here. Still find it a bit odd though, even in such a huge enclosure, after all they are comparatively solitary animals. Without so many they would not be so visible, but still...