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Slovakia to cull hundreds of wild bears after fatal attack
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Recent attacks by brown bears in Slovakia and other European countries have led to various responses from authorities. In Slovakia, a man was killed by a brown bear, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency and approve the culling of up to 350 bears. This decision has been made in the face of rare bear attacks in the country, with a thousand bears estimated to reside within its borders.
Slovakia will address preventive abatement in areas, as is the case in Romania. While there were some 650 bear encounters in 2020, there were as many as 1,900 last year. The increase is absolutely clear; the figure goes up every year.
We can't live in a country where people are afraid of going to forests, where people become food for bears. The intensity of bear attacks is increasing significantly, and we are in a period when they should be hibernating.
We can't live in a country where people are afraid of going to forests.
