Slovakia Allows Culled Bears to Be Eaten
- In 2024, Slovakia's government approved a plan to cull about 350 brown bears and sell their meat to the public.
- The plan followed a rise in fatal bear attacks, including a man killed in a Central Slovakia forest in April 2024.
- Slovakia is home to approximately 1,300 brown bears, which are safeguarded by European Union regulations and can only be culled under rare circumstances related to public safety.
- State Minister Filip Kuffa said bear meat "is edible" and must be certified free of the Trichinella parasite to ensure safe consumption.
- The culling and sale drew strong criticism from environmentalists and MEPs, who called it "absurd" and worry it may increase poaching risks.
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Brown bears to become legal source of meat in bid to stop attacks on humans - The Mirror
Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico approved plans to shoot 350 of the country's 1,300 brown bears in response to some fatal attacks. The meat will be sold for human consumption
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Tuck in! Authorities in Slovakia have approved brown bear meat for consumption, apparently just to own the libs (and the bears, obviously). The state-authorised slaughter has been criticised by conservationists and opposition politicians, including in the European Parliament. The brown bear is listed as a "near threatened" species in the EU by the World Conservation Union. — Read the rest The post Bear meat on the menu in Slovakia appeared firs…
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