193: Human-Wildlife Conflict – Romanian Bears and African Elephants with Jens Ulrik Høgh

193: Human-Wildlife Conflict – Romanian Bears and African Elephants with Jens Ulrik Høgh

Can hunting be an effective way to manage human-wildlife conflict? What happens when well-intentioned wildlife protection measures backfire? I spoke with Jens Ulrik Høgh, a Scandinavian hunting journalist, to find answers to these questions through the lens of Romania’s bear management crisis. When hunting was banned in 2016 under pressure from animal rights groups, it led to an unexpected surge in human-wildlife conflict, with 300 people being …