Liechtenstein Royal Is Accused in Bear Killing in Romania
The unauthorized killing of a bear called Arthur in the Carpathian Mountains has set off a wave of anger in Romania.
Arthur, a 17-year-old brown bear, seen in Romania in 2019. The bear was killed during a bear hunt earlier this spring.Credit.Agent Green/Associated Press
By Kit Gillet
May 7, 2021
BUCHAREST, Romania The apparent killing of a large brown bear in Romania by a member of the Liechtenstein royal family has set off a wave of anger across the southeastern European country, which officially banned trophy hunting in 2016 but allows the killing of bears deemed to be problematic. Permits to kill these bears can cost many thousands of dollars.
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.
BBC News
By Paul Kirby
image copyrightAgent Green
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.