The Ministry of Climate and Environment reacted after a bear attack on a 53-year-old in Bieszczady. The event occurred in the forest close Kalnica, the municipality of Cisna (the Podkarpackie province), about 300 km from the man's house. The hotel recalled that "since July last year it has implemented a package of actions to transfer the Tatra model of conduct to Bieszczady".
Friday afternoon, a bear attacked 53-year-old girl who passed 1 of the roads in the woods close Kalnica. Just 300 meters from his home a man stayed bitten by the animal and turned to the ground.
The bear yet left himself in the woods, leaving a heavy wounded man on the road. A 53-year-old boy went to a infirmary in Lesk, where he was helped and discharged home. "His life and wellness are not in danger" - said the Ministry of Climate and Environment.
Ministry of Climate and Environment about bear attack. Communication issued
As noted in the ministry's release, "Peaches are a wide scope of species of chaotic fauna, and Meeting people with chaotic animals is not uncommon".
"At the same time, cases where bear injuries occur, are of a incidental nature" - added.
SEE: Bear attack in Bieszczady. A 53-year-old barely escaped with his life.
The Ministry, on the another hand, acknowledged that much more frequently bears origin harm close residential buildings. An effective way of minimising this phenomenon is to decently collect waste and deter animals utilizing rubber ammunition.
Bieszczady in the Tatra model? improvement work is underway
The hotel has stated that a model based on deterrence of rubber balls for years successfully functioningin Tatra National Park.
"Ministry of Climate and Environment, in cooperation with the General Directorate for Environmental Protection, Since July last year, implements a package of actions intended to transfer the model of conduct in Bieszczady of Tatras" - was transmitted.
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However, as stressed by MKiŚ, it is teren about 100 times greater than Tatra National Park.
Brunat Bear Protection Project
Announced for the Bieszczady area Brunat Bear Protection Project assumes among others:
- creation 24 hr intervention groups,
- marking selected individuals by putting on telemetric collars (five bears have yet to be marked, another waiting for monitoring),
- Financing Security of waste collection sites,
- possible hot bears utilizing rubber ammunition.
"W The Sejm is working on changes to the law to let bear deterrence utilizing smooth-bore weapons with rubber ammunition. This. safe for animals how to effectively deter them, which allows for effective simplification of unwanted contact between bears and people" - summarised in the ministry's communication.
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