The news is bouncing on social networks and newspapers: a tourist (apparently Italian) has lost his life in Romania After being attacked by an bear. But the drama does not end there, on the contrary it is double. The specimen of brown bear, which he had his puppies In tow, he was killed with shotguns by the hunters, who intervened together with the authorities. The bear paid with his life for following his instinct, that is to defend himself and teola his little ones.
What happened in the heart of the Carpathians Romanians leaves us with a bitterness in the mouth and imposes us an urgent reflection on coexistence with wild animals: What responsibility do we have, human beings, when we cross the border between observation and invasion of nature and exchange the fauna for tourist attraction?
The reconstruction of the story
From what is learned from the Romanian press, the man who died yesterday was called Omar Farang Zin, he was 48 years old and the motorcycle on which he was traveling had been registered in Italy. The motorcyclist was traveling on the cross -country road cross -way dn7c, a well -known naturalistic journey in the Arges district. The approach to an bear, who was in the company of his puppies, proved fatal.
“He got off the bike and offered food to the bear. The cellular tourist’s mobile phone was also found, which contained some images taken before the attack with the bear approaching and close -ups” reported Armand Chiriliou, director of the Argeş forest direction. In a nutshell he filmed his live death.
Apparently it was not the first time that he approached these creatures and the day before he had shot close videos with the footbeds.
A double drama
From a first reconstruction, reported in the local media, the man would have been dragged in the woods by the bear and the injuries sustained during the aggression proved fatal. Motorists who They noticed the scene immediately alerted the gendarmes, the firefighters and the forest guards, who came to the place of the attack, noting the death of the motorcyclist.
“The bear followed us all the time. He was very agitated. He also attacked us a couple of times,” said the Alpine Rescue Dragoş Onea-Argeş. And so the bear was demolished by the hunters.
The area where the double tragedy was consumed is known to be frequented by brown bears. “The road is very busy and tourists from all over Europe are specifically here to see bears in nature. They come to photograph them, to feed them And the same drama can happen at any time “explains Dragoş Ionescu, head of the hunting fund.
Last month three foreign tourists were attacked on the transfiant Jesse by the bears they had nourished. Yet in the area, where about 110 plantigrads live, there are numerousThe signs they expressly prohibit (both in English and in Romanian) to feed the bears.
Bears are not tourist attractions
This tragedy highlights a truth too often ignored: bears are not puppets, nor tourist attractions or domesticable animals. They are predators, wild creatures that must be respected and kept away. Approaching, looking for contact or worse still nourishing them represents irresponsible behavior that can put at risk not only one’s life, but also that of the animals themselves.
When a bear attacks for protection instinct, it is often cut down: pays a human error with life. Cohabitation with wildlife is possible only with education, respect and common sense. And it is necessary to remember it, every time it sets foot in nature.
