Liechtenstein prince accused of shooting Romania’s largest bear
The Romanian NGO Agent Green and the Austrian NGO VGT alleged in a statement that the bear, who was called Arthur, was shot in March in a protected area of the Carpathian Mountains by Prince Emanuel von und zu Liechtenstein. According to the NGOs, the prince, who is a resident of Riegersburg in Austria, had been given special approval by the Romanian environment ministry to shoot a female bear that had been causing damage to farms in Ojdula. “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 NGOs claim.
• Updated: 08/05/2021 - 17:27
Authorities in Romania have launched an investigation amid accusations Arthur, the largest bear in the country, was killed in March by a European prince.
Romania is home to Europe’s biggest population of brown bears, officially around 6,000 although some scientists dispute these figures and officially banned trophy hunting in 2016.
It now only grants hunting permits for “problematic” bears which are sold to trophy hunters.
Official hunting documents seen by The Associated Press confirms that Prince Emanuel von und zu Liechtenstein was granted a four-day hunting permit in March in Romania s Covasna County and that on March 13 he “harvested” a 17-year-old brown bear, for which he allegedly paid €7,000.
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