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Shepherd bitten on the leg by a bear in Romania
A bear has attacked a 63-year-old man in the southern Carpathian Mountains of Romania and bitten him on the leg. The man had been herding sheep when the aggressive animal appeared. A colleague called the emergency services.
The incident took place in the village of Rucar, around 150 kilometers north of the capital Bucharest.
Just a week and a half ago, a bear in the same area killed a 19-year-old woman who had been out hiking.
Bears in Romania
According to government estimates, around 8,000 brown bears live in Romania's Carpathian Mountains. It is the second largest bear population in Europe after that in Russia.
The animals repeatedly attack hikers, invade farms and rummage through garbage cans in towns in search of food.
Following the most recent death, Romania's Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announced a tightening of measures against bears. A new law should regulate that more bears are shot in certain high-risk regions.
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