The regional administrative court in Trento on Friday suspended the killing of problem bears “JJ4” and “MJ5” until June 27. “The lives of the bears are safe for now,” wrote the animal protection organization LAV, which had objected to the killing order taken by the province of Trentino. The prospects for moving the bears are real, the association said. He wants to submit a project for the transfer of the animals to the authorities.
According to official information, the bear “JJ4” attacked and killed a 26-year-old jogger in early April. The governor of Trentino, Maurizio Fugatti, then issued a decree to kill her. After a lawsuit by animal rights activists, a court initially suspended this instruction. The animal has since been caught and taken to a game reserve in the region.
Animal rights activists doubt bear killed Jogger
On April 5, the jogger was found dead on a forest path in the municipality of Caldes in Trentino, in a valley (Val di Sole) popular with hikers and tourists. According to inside information, a bear that had attracted attention several times had killed the man. It is the sister of the problem bear “Bruno”, who was shot in Bavaria in 2006. After an attack in 2020, the bear should have been dead, a court ruled against the murder.
However, animal rights activists deny that the man was attacked and fatally injured by the bear known by the code “JJ4”. Based on the opinion of two veterinarians, presented by the animal protection organization LEAL to the administrative court in Trento, the jogger Andrea Papi was not killed by “JJ4”, but by an adult male bear, as evidenced by DNA traces on the body corpse of a man.
The number of bears increased sharply
According to the province, the number of bears in the area has increased enormously since the EU project “Life Ursus”. Instead of the planned 50, about 100 wild animals have now settled.
Source: Krone
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