Liechtenstein prince accused of killing Romania's 'largest' bear
Source: Agence France-Presse
Liechtenstein prince accused of killing Romania's 'largest' bear
Issued on: 05/05/2021 - 18:26
Bucharest (AFP)
Romania said Wednesday it is investigating the killing of a large brown bear that activists allege was illegally shot by a Liechtenstein prince during a hunt in the Carpathian Mountains.
Animal rights groups accuse Prince Emanuel von und zu Liechtenstein of having killed a 17-year-old male brown bear, the "largest" sighted in Romania, while on a March hunting trip from his castle in Austria.
Romania's National Environment Guard launched a probe on April 29 into the death of a bear from a protected species in central Romania after noticing documents were missing, NEG head Octavian Berceanu told AFP.
"We knew that a female bear was supposed to be extracted, but we afterwards found a (dead) male bear," Berceanu said.
Environment Minister Tanczos Barna, who oversees the NEG, said a hunting permit had been issued to shoot a female bear in Covasna because she was a nuisance to residents, but did not say to whom the permit was issued.
- Bear named Arthur -
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Read more: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210505-liechtenstein-prince-accused-of-killing-romania-s-largest-bear
Arthur was the biggest bear in Romania and probably the whole of the European Union (Agent Green)
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Source: BBC
Prince blamed for shooting one of Europe's biggest bears
By Paul Kirby
BBC News
5 May 2021
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.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56991543
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