2023-04-22 09:00:00
The Italian Ministry of the Environment wants to look abroad for housing options for bears from Trentino.
The Italian Ministry of the Environment wants to look abroad for housing options for bears from Trentino. Slovenia is an option. Environment Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin wants to ask the local authorities whether they can take in some Trentino bears, according to a meeting between Trentino governor Maurizio Fugatti and representatives of the environmental agency ISPRA and the species protection agency in Rome on Friday.
The management of the bears should change in the future. The number of population is to be regulated. A maximum number of animals should be determined, it said at the meeting. Problematic bears should be killed.
“Bear is in a cave that is dark and hidden”
Italian MP and animal welfare activist Michela Vittoria Brambilla on Friday visited the Casteller animal welfare center in Trento, where problem bear JJ4, who killed a jogger two weeks ago, is being held. “The bear is housed in a small area where she is acclimating to captivity. She is in a cave that is dark and hidden. She feels safe there, but she still has no access to the outside world. Since She is fed from the first day she is caught and has a pool available for bathing,” says Brambilla.
The bear appears “traumatized, confused and scared”. “She still doesn’t understand what is happening to her because she is far away from her cubs. Physically she is fine, she likes the apples she used to love to eat, but she is no longer in her usual habitat. We’ll have to wait for her to get used to being in captivity a bit. I commit myself to continuing to watch over her safety. I thank the Forestry Corps of Trento and the staff of the animal protection center,” said Brambilla.
Problembär M49 “has a lot of space”
The problem bear M49 is also located in the animal center. “He has a lot of space to move in an area of about 5,000 square meters. Of course he can’t escape because the walls of the outdoor area are very high and made of a material that doesn’t allow climbing,” said the MP.
In Italy, since the death of the Trentino jogger, the debate about the coexistence of bears and humans has come to a head. The province of Trento wants to kill the bear and in general massively reduce the distribution of the species in the area. According to Trentino governor Fugatti, the population of bears should be reduced by 70 specimens. For example, he advocated a mass transfer of bears from Trentino to other areas. Animal protection associations, on the other hand, also criticize these plans.
(APA/dpa)
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