Second bear shot in less than a month in Brașov's Valea Cetății neighborhood

Authorities in Brașov shot a bear on Thursday evening after it had been repeatedly sighted in the Valea Cetății neighborhood. The intervention team responded to multiple 112 calls regarding the animal's presence in the area.

According to the deputy mayor of Brașov, Gheorghe Dan Dumitru, the bear had become a significant nuisance. It was observed accessing trash containers, breaking lids off ecological islands, and attempting to tear off metal sheets to reach garbage. The deputy mayor stated that numerous interventions and calls to 112 had been made regarding this specific bear.

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There were countless interventions and countless calls to 112. Last night we managed to remove the bear that was causing so many problems.

This incident marks the second bear to be shot in the Valea Cetății neighborhood within a month. A similar event occurred at the end of May. In that instance, the municipality reported that attempts to deter the bear using acoustic and visual methods had failed, as the animal continued to approach inhabited areas. Local authorities have urged residents to secure waste and food sources and to report any bear sightings immediately.

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Besides going to the containers and trying to open them, it managed to break the lid of two ecological islands. It climbed on these ecological islands and tried to tear off the sheets from them to get to the garbage bags.