Highs in the, refuse to kill a cafe that has been around for two days.
The government has asked hunters to shoot the young female mammal that entered Vilnius, despite the fact that only a small number of coffee bears are present in the Baltic country.
The entrance of the bear to Vilnius
The entrance of the young female bear into the capital of Lithuania, as expected, caused disruption when it came out of the forest and wandered the lush suburbs of the capital of Lithuania.
For two days, the brown bear wandered in the neighborhoods of Vilnius, crossed the highways and explored the courtyards of her homes – all while “hunting” citizens with smartphones and drones to record it.
The government order to execute the bear
The government then issued permission to shoot and kill the bear.
This government decision was opposed by the hunters of Lithuania, who, knowing that there was only a small number of the protected type of brown bear across the country, refused to kill it.
Shocked by the government order hunters and fishermen
The Lithuanian Union of Hunters and Fishermen said it was shocked by the government’s approach.
A spokesman for their Union said that the bear was a beautiful young female who was about two years old and was not worth shooting. “He was scared but not aggressive. He just didn’t know how to get out of the city, but it didn’t do anything bad, “he said.
The organization is monitoring the movements of the bears. He believes that there are only five to 10 bears in the Baltic country, but he has no exact number.
The upheaval in Vilnius began on Saturday, when the bear entered the capital. It was the first time in many years that a bear entered the city and became a national history. The animal reached about 4-5 kilometers (2-3 miles) from the city center.
Salos on the decision of the Lithuanian government
The Lithuanian authorities’ decision to kill the bear caused the slayer of society. Since then the government has been in defense. Deputy Minister of the Environment, Ramūnas Krugelis, said the killing permit had been purely issued for precautionary reasons if the bear was a threat, according to a report by the Lithuanian Broadcasting Body LRT.
Hunters suggested a more human approach: narcosis, detection and relocation.
However, while the debate on the fate of the bear was evolving, it further expanded its radius of action and wandered out the city.
The Hunters’ Union said the bear was recorded by a camera on Wednesday, wandering peacefully in a forest about 40 miles from Vilnius, while it was corn.
The reappearance of the brown bear in Lithuania
The brown bears are endemic to the area and were once common. They disappeared in Lithuania in the 19th century as a result of hunting and losing their habitats.
In recent years they have begun to reappear in small numbers, usually wandering from neighboring countries such as Latvia and Belarus, where there are still small bears populations.
Bears are protected by Lithuanian and European law, as they are considered a rare and vulnerable species in the region.
Source: Guardian
