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By Paul Kirby
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image captionArthur was the biggest bear in Romania and probably the whole of the European Union
Environmental campaigners suspect a Liechtenstein prince shot dead probably the biggest bear alive in the EU on a hunting expedition in Romania in March.
They say Prince Emanuel von und zu Liechtenstein had been granted a permit to shoot a female bear that had caused damage to some farms.
But it was not a female that was shot but Arthur, a 17-year-old brown bear.
The prince who lives in Austria has not yet responded, and the BBC s attempts to reach him have been unsuccessful.
Austrian prince is investigated over claims he illegally shot dead the largest brown bear in Romania after paying £6,000 during a trophy hunt in the Carpathian Mountains
Prince Emanuel von und zu Liechtenstein was granted a four-day hunting permit in March in Romania s Covasna County
On March 13 he harvested a brown bear, for which he allegedly paid £6,000
The prince had been given special approval by the Romanian environment ministry to shoot a female brown bear - but he wrongly killed male bear
Apr 23, 2021
VIDRA, Romania In the trash-strewn slums of Sintesti, less than 10 miles from Romania’s capital, Mihai Bratu scrapes a dangerous living for his Roma family amid the foul reek of burning plastic that cloys the air day and night.
Like many in this community, for him illegally setting fire to whatever he can find that contains metal from computers to tires to electrical cables seems like his only means of survival.
“We’re selling it to people who buy metal, we are poor people … we have to work hard for a week or two to get one kilogram of metal,” 34-year-old Bratu, perched on an old wooden cart, told The Associated Press. “We are struggling to feed our kids … The rich people have the villas, look at the rich people’s palaces.”
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