President Iohannis promulgating a law that allows trophy hunting could have negative effects while leaving unsolved the problem of conflicts with bears, according to World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF Romania), which announces that it will send to the European Commission a notification regarding Romania violating the Habitats Directive by passing the law.WWF Romania said on Wednesday that Iohannis promulgated the trophy hunting law by ignoring the recommendations of the Romanian Academy and the scientific arguments brought by environmental organisations.They draw attention to the fact that the law sets hunting quotas that have no scientific basis, as evidenced by the confusing figures that are carried in the public space from various sources, including official ones, going from 4,500 to 12,000 bears, which they call unsettling.Given the circumstances, they said, the results of the genetic study promised by the Ministry of Environment, Watercourse and Forestry to find out the number of bears are delayed. The long-awaited study could be the starting point for achieving real management for the bear species.According to the organisation, in Romania there have been prevention and intervention quotas so far, which, year after year, have been missed. Therefore, the legislative framework for the management of problematic specimens existed, but it was not applied. In 2017-2022, between 8 and 93 derogations per year were requested and between 7 and 63 specimens were harvested per year, according to data posted on the website of the Ministry of the Environment. However, the new law increases the quota, allowing preventive hunting, including by foreign hunters of 426 specimens per year, based on a study that has been hotly contested.In addition, Romania would be the only country that does not carry out an evaluation of the effectiveness of lethal interventions, which would show how conflicts have decreased, if any, in the areas where they have been extracted.The organisation says it believes that the problem of conflicts with bears can be managed through a complex of measures, which does not exclude hunting, but which emphasises prevention, which effectiveness has been proven at Baile Tusnad, where, through the implementation of a human-bear coexistence programme, red alert messages dropped from 238 at the beginning of the project, to only four in 2024.
On Monday, January 13, officials at the Cantacuzino Hospital in Bucharest alerted police that a man stole three amputated legs from the storage area. While two were later found, the third is still missing. The incident took place three days prior, on January 10, and was captured by surveillance cameras. Images published by Euronews Romania […]
The General Prosecutor's Office announced on Wednesday, January 15, that criminal prosecution has been initiated again against former president Ion Iliescu and ex-prime minister Petre Roman in the case targeting the violent crackdown of the protests in Bucharest's University Square on June 13-15, 1990, also known as the Mineriada (miners' riot). The two are facing […]
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Bucharest mayor Nicușor Dan announced that his administration will draw inspiration from the Icelandic model to combat and prevent drug use among young people. The mayor also stated that building a medical facility dedicated to those struggling with addiction is being considered, using spaces belonging to Colentina or Obregia hospitals. “As Bucharest residents decided through a […]
A young deer trapped in the icy waters of a pond near Fălticeni, Suceava county, was recently saved by a team of firefighters. According to the Emergency Situations Inspectorate, which shared a short video of the rescue mission, the fawn had attempted to cross the frozen pond, but the thin ice cracked beneath its weight, […]
