A bear that has been seen several times in recent weeks in the Valea Cetății neighborhood of Brașov was shot on Thursday evening by the municipality’s intervention team, after several calls to 112 regarding its presence in the area.
According to the deputy mayor of Brașov, Gheorghe Dan Dumitru, the call to 112 was received around 9:30 p.m., on Mureșului street, where the authorities have intervened several times in recent weeks.
“There we had countless interventions and countless calls to 112. Last night we managed to extract the bear that was causing so many problems. In addition to going to the containers and trying to open them, he managed to break the lid on two ecological islands. Climb up these eco-islands and try to rip the tins off them to get to the trash bags“, said the deputy mayor.
Brașov City Hall also reported that the animal had previously been captured, collared, microchipped and relocated. According to the authorities, the bear returned to the city and was frequently reported in the area of Mureșului and Carpatili streets in the last three weeks, generating numerous calls to 112.
The authorities advise residents not to leave waste or food in places accessible to wild animals and to immediately report the presence of bears by calling 112.
Second bear shot in less than a month
It is the second bear shot in less than a month in the Valea Cetății neighborhood.
At the end of May, another bear was shot in the same area. At that time, the Brașov City Hall reported that, before making the decision, methods of driving away by acoustic and visual means were tried, but the animal continued to return near inhabited areas.
According to Radio Romania Brașov FM, 25 calls regarding the presence of bears were recorded that night, the highest number of notifications received in a single night.
In the same period, a bear was captured and euthanized in the Noua neighborhood, and another specimen that frequently descended in the Răcădău area was shot, the local authorities also reported.
