Bears

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis promulgated, on Tuesday, the law that provides for measures to manage the bear population. The legislative interventions are aimed at preventing attacks on the population and damage caused by bear attacks,…

The most comprehensive picture to date of wildlife crime in Europe produced by the LIFE SWiPE project reveals a lack of monitoring and political prioritization to counter this phenomenon. According to the report, the illegal killing of wild…

The state will grant individuals, associations, legal entities or public institutions sums starting from 15,000 lei for the installation of electric fences in areas where bears frequently appear, the Minister of the Environment, Tanczos…

WWF, in partnership with Baile Tușnad City Hall and GeoEcological Organization ACCENT, is starting the pilot project for the safety of communities in areas with high brown bear densities. Concerned with finding a truly sustainable…

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…

Agent Green, together with the famous TV producer Charlie Ottley, launch together a unique call for the construction of a new bear sanctuary in Romania. International companies are called to join the Bear Right campaign, by paying copyright…

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.…

Romanian Environment Minister Tanczos Barna announced on Thursday that a Romanian court has pronounced a first sentence against the Romanian state, which should pay 15,000 euros in compensation to a person who was attacked by the bear and…

The Romanian government adopted on Wednesday the Emergency Ordinance providing for intervention in case of bear attacks. According to the ordinance, the intervention in the case of bears that reach the built-up areas of the localities will…

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…