In April 2020, the body of the Cachou bear was found in the Val d'Aran, on the Spanish side of the Pyrenees.
After having initially put forward the hypothesis of a fight with another plantigrade, the authorities had concluded that he died by poisoning.
The investigation had shown that a toxic antifreeze, "ethylene glycol", was the cause of the death of the animal, born in 2015 in the Pyrenees, the only descendant of Balou, released in June 2006 on the French side.
Initially, the telephone tapping implicated six people.
But in the end, only two people were charged by the prosecutor of the Vielha court: a former territorial councilor of the Conselh Generau d'Aran, and an environmental officer from the local administration according to the
Segre
news site .
They are prosecuted in particular for disclosure of information and offense against the environment.
They are believed to have used the bear's GPS data to locate it and then feed it poisoned food.
A few months before his death, Cachou had made headlines on the other side of the Pyrenees chain after a series of attacks, in particular from a filly.
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