ROB CAMERON

BBC Prague Correspondent
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Slovakia to shoot quarter of country's bears after man killed in attack
BBC News
2025-04-02

The Slovak government has approved a plan to shoot around a quarter of the country’s brown bears, after a man was mauled to death while walking in a forest. A total of 350 out of an estimated 1,300 animals will be culled under the plan. “We can’t live in a country where people are afraid to go into the woods,” Prime Minister Robert Fico told reporters after a cabinet meeting.