Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - Brown Bears in Slovakia

The Slovakian population of Brown Bears has increased lately and the population is around 800 individuals. Hunters now are lobbying for the reduction of Brown Bear population and their argumentation is based on incidents between bears and tourists during last year. Nature conservationists are opposing these plans.

Yesterday the Ecotours team visited a new bear hide in Slovakia where 3 bears were seen last Saturday. We haven't seen the bears due to the cold weather and snowfall that arrived a day before. Still it was exciting to observe a small herd of Roe Deer, a Wild Boar and a Fox during the two hours spent it the professionally built, safe and comfotable hide.