People want to put down bears in Szeklerland
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Local government leaders of Háromszék (Three Chairs) proposed to the Romanian government the shooting down of those bears that represent a danger to the population, reports origo.hu.
The concerned politicians wrote a letter to Mihai Tudose, prime minister of Romania, and Gratiela Gavrilescu, the environment minister, stating that the situation is becoming uncontrollable, as not only the bears poach on rural agriculture, but they are becoming dangerous to men as well. There are twice as many bears in Kovászna county that the region could handle, and in the past year there were almost 200 cases where bears damaged properties, and six people were hospitalised due to attacks by bears. Just a month ago, a bear wandered down to the streets of Tusnádfürdő, some tourists took photos of the bear walking around with a dog, and rummaging in a dumpster. 
On Monday, in Sepsiszentgyörgy, the mayors of the Háromszék grouping, the presidents of the commonage and the farmers agreed to participate with people enough to fill three buses, in the demonstrations in Bucharest on the 5th of July, motioned by Csaba Borboly, the president of Hargita county’s general assembly, in front of the environment ministry. Their demonstration was successful: from August on, 175 dangerous bears can be shot.