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The prince, who lives in Austria, had been granted approval by the Romanian government to hunt a female bear that had caused damage to farms and was disturbing locals, according to the organizations
“But in reality, the prince did not kill the problem bear, but a male that lived deep in the woods and had never come close to localities,” the statement said.
“The Arthur bear has been observed for many years by the Agent Green ranger in the area and was recognized as a wild and unusual specimen with the presence of man and the food sources provided by him,” the groups added, noting that Arthur was the largest bear observed in Romania and “probably” the largest in Europe.
06/05/2021 18:43
An in rem criminal case has been opened in the shooting of a bear in the Ojdula area, the facts investigated being for poaching and the use of a weapon, the representatives of the Covasna County Police Inspectorate (IPJ) informed.
The Chief Prosecutor of the Prosecutor s Office with the Targu Secuiesc Court, Valentin Teodorescu, confirmed for AGERPRES that IPJ Covasna was notified ex officio on Wednesday, based on media materials and that he is waiting for the documents from the Police, in order to register the criminal case in the records of the Prosecutor s Office.
According to him, the facts for which investigation is being carried out are, in principle, poaching and the use of weapons , agerpres.ro confirms.