The Environment, Waters and Forestry Ministry (MMAP) will sent a notification to the Sibiu General Inspectorate of Police (IPJ Sibiu) in order to start an investigation which will clearly establish the context in which the bear that appeared on the streets of Sibiu city was killed.
According to a press release of the relevant ministry, in addition to the notification sent to the Sibiu General Inspectorate of Police, there will be requested an analysis to the Sanitary Veterinary Directorate, in regards to the health condition of the bear before the shooting, in order to establish if the specimen was tranquilized previously to its arrival in the city.
The Environment Ministry stated that it didn't receive any request for granting derogation for the shooting.
"In regards to the local authorities intervention in this case, we mention that the Environment Ministry hasn't been solicited to grant a derogation for shooting. The necessity of this demarche from the intervention team, in the given situation, will be established by the bodies in charge of the investigation. We consider that this incident reveals, once again, the necessity of creating, as quickly as possible, a Wild Animal Emergency Service (SUAS), a step that has already taken by the the Environment, Waters and Forestry Ministry together with the Interior Ministry. This structure will have very clear procedures in order to intervene in this type of situations, depending on the level of danger," the release of the relevant ministry points out.
Wednesday morning, policemen, gendarmes, firefighters and Zoo employees surrounded one of the main avenues in Sibiu, in the attempt to find a bear that was said to have came into town.
The bear took a walk into town, several hours, even through the Grand Square of the historic center of Sibiu, afterwards being shut because the tranquilizers didn't have any effects on the bear, Prefect of Sibiu Cristian Roman stated on Wednesday for agerpres.
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