WARSAW: Greenpeace on Thursday said it had filed a complaint with the European Union against Slovakia over bear culling near its border with Poland.
The Slovak government approved the culling of 350 Carpathian brown bears in April, citing dangers to humans as well as rising bear populations.
Greenpeace “has filed a complaint ... against the Slovak government as these bear shootings occur very close to the border with Poland,” where this animal is protected, Katarzyna Bilewska, Greenpeace’s spokeswoman in Poland told AFP on Thursday.
Bears “very often cross the border with Slovakia. The Slovak government’s decision to proceed with mass bear culling... threatens the population of this species living in Poland,” numbering around 130, according to Aleksandra Wiktor, an activist from Greenpeace Poland.
“Bears do not understand the concept of borders,” she said.
