Court allows culling of 222 bears

Ljubljana, 12 August - An environmental organisation has lost a legal battle against the Environment Ministry's decision to allow the culling of 222 brown bears in Slovenia this year, by the end of September. The Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning said the ruling showed its decision for the culling was legally right and professional.

Ljubljana The government issues a decree to reduce population of bears in Slovenia Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA File photo

Ljubljana
The government issues a decree to reduce population of bears in Slovenia
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA
File photo

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