Court suspends shooting order for problem bear

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An Italian court has suspended the shooting order for problem bear JJ4 in the northern Italian province of Trentino. The provincial administrative court has thus upheld the appeal of animal welfare organizations, according to a decision published on Friday. The clubs LAV and LAC, who had previously strongly criticized the dismissal order, had appealed to the court. According to the decree, a hearing will take place on May 11 before the court of Trento.

Jogger Andrea P.* († 26) was attacked and killed by the bear last week in the Trentino commune of Caldes in the Val di Sole, popular with hikers and tourists. A DNA comparison confirmed this.

Emotional debate after attack

She is the sister of the problem bear Bruno, who was shot dead in Bavaria in 2006. As early as 2020, the female bear must be killed. It then attacked two people, a father and his son, on Monte Peller. Also in 2020, a court ruled against the murder.

In Italy, however, the debate over the coexistence of bears and humans has intensified since the jogger’s death. The province of Trentino wants to kill the female bear and massively reduce the number of bears in the area. Animal welfare organizations have criticized the plans. The animal protection organization LAV responded to the court’s verdict on Twitter: “The bears and citizens of Trentino have the right to live together in peace!” (SDA/treasure)

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Source: Blick