Tourist attacked by bear in Trentino

“We wish a full and speedy recovery to the tourist who was apparently attacked by a bear this morning in Dro, Trentino. However, we warn the Province against adopting new persecution measures against plantar predators. It is imperative that the Province of Trento first clarify the circumstances of the alleged attack, establishing whether the animal was a mother with puppies, whether the area was equipped with appropriate warning signs, whether the man was not accompanied by a dog and whether all the precautions that must be respected in wooded areas were taken.” This was stated by the National Animal Protection Agency (Enpa) after a foreign tourist was attacked by a bear this morning in Naroncolo, in the municipality of Dro. The man, who was rescued by paramedics and flown by helicopter to the Santa Chiara hospital in Trento, suffered injuries to his limbs.

Enpa once again recalls the delays on the part of the municipal and provincial authorities in implementing those preventive measures that can actually improve the coexistence between humans and bears and prevent possible conflicts with anthropogenic activities. In particular, the animal rights association recalls the slow pace at which the installation of anti-bear bins in the inhabited centres of Trentino is progressing. Many municipalities – reports Animal Protection – still do not have them, and this represents a very serious omission, since it is known that organic waste is precisely what attracts bears to city centres. “In recent days – continues Animal Protection – we have repeatedly asked to be informed of the ‘state of work’ and requested the adoption of a roadmap, but the Trentino institutions have once again acted as if nothing had happened.”

Without anticipating pogroms, persecutions or, even worse, extermination campaigns, the events in Dro show how necessary it is to learn to coexist with plantar bears and, more generally, with all wild animals, drawing inspiration from the virtuous experiences of those areas – see the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park – that have managed to adopt models of coexistence with bears that have also had positive economic impacts. “After the tragic death of Andrea Papi, we presented the Ministry of the Environment with a seven-point plan that included a series of concrete measures that would have allowed us, and would still allow us, to prevent possible conflicts with bears. But, as often happens in our country, this plan remained a dead letter. These measures could still be implemented today with complete success, but the Ministry and the PAT prefer to focus on the policy of indefinite postponements, with the consequences that we all see.”

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