Parliament approved the Government Emergency Ordinance providing for intervention in the case of aggressive bears. According to an amendment tabled by UDMR and adopted by the deputies, the bears will be able to be shot outside the…

Amid the increasing population of bears in the Romanian Carpathian Mountains and amid the rising of bear attacks, the government in Bucharest announced a new census project of the bear population in Romania, financed by European funds.…

A camera set in the Piatra Craiului National Park in the Southern Carpathians has filmed several bears getting ready for hibernation. Experts say that the bears will not be spotted anymore soon, as they will retreat in their den. The…

Several people, including children, were filmed while taking selfies and feeding a bear very close to them on Transfăgărăşan alpine road in Romania. Images and videos have been shared on Facebook featuring people getting down of their…

Two caretakers from the Zoo in Brasov have been injured be bears on Monday after they had been caught by the animals in their cage. One of the victims is unconscious. Several medical teams are on the scene. „There are two victims, one is…

A tourist was rushed to the hospital in Sinaia on Wednesday morning after he had been bitten by a bear while he was sleeping in his tent on Valea Cerbului in Busteni mountain resort. The 28-year-old  man was injured at his arm. „The man…

Three men, suspected of illegally hunting brown bears, a species currently protected by law, have been detained following a nine-day search in Mureş and Sibiu counties. The damage is estimated at over EUR 120,000, and the police has found…

Environment Minister Gratiela Gavrilescu (photo 2) has signed on Friday an order by which 140 wild bears will be killed, despite the protests of animal lovers, who blame the initiative. “I confirm this. I have signed this order. There’s…

Tourists visiting Râşnov, Brasov County (central Romania) can go to a special observatory, built in an area that offers spectacular landscapes on the Valea Lunga. For EUR 25 they can see for several hours wild animals: bears, wolves or wild…

Local authorities in Harghita warned that there are four times more bears in the county than it should be and that five to eight bear-related incidents are reported on a daily basis. The leader of Harghita county council, Borboly Csaba says…