Slovakia: Rampaging bear shot dead after injuring five - BBC News

The brown bear injured five people during a rampage through a town in northern Slovakia.

2 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersImage caption, The bear was captured on video running along streets in a town in northern Slovakia on 17 MarchBy Rob CameronBBC News, PragueA brown bear that injured five people during a rampage in a Slovak town has been shot dead, the country's environment minister says.

Video footage of the bear bounding through the streets of Liptovsky Mikulas on 17 March went viral.

It took ten days to track down the brown bear. It was shot dead in a local forest on Tuesday.

The Slovak government now wants greater freedom to reduce the bear population by selective culls.

A drone and biometric technology were used to identify the bear, Environment Minister Tomas Taraba said in a post on Facebook, thanking all those who were involved in the operation.

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