2023-06-02 13:34:51
Because of the advanced state of decomposition, it was initially difficult to determine the cause of death. However, experts pointed out that the mating season is also accompanied by an increase in competition between animals, and clashes between conspecifics are not uncommon. Samples were collected and sent to a laboratory, media reported on Friday. The hope was that this would provide information regarding the bear’s origins and cause of death.
Debate following Jogger’s death
In Italy, since the death of a Trentino jogger, the debate regarding the coexistence of bears and humans has come to a head. Many people protested initial plans to kill JJ4, a so-called problem bear who was blamed for the jogger’s death and was therefore captured. Animal rights activists are constantly calling for citizens to be made more aware of wild animals or for wildlife corridors to be set up.
A court in Trento had suspended the provincial government’s shooting order for JJ4 until June 27th. It thus accepted the objections of various animal rights activists. The decision also includes an order for the killing of another problem bear, MJ5, which the province wants to be killed as well.
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Hope for “Gaia”: Court suspends killing of “problem bears”.
JJ4, a sister of the problem bear Bruno, who was killed in Bavaria in 2006, was caught and taken to a secure game reserve in the region. Animal rights activists had a report drawn up at the beginning of May, according to which the jogger was not killed by JJ4, but by an adult male bear. This can be seen from the distance between the canines in the bite wounds.
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