Still a dead female bearwith obvious firearm wounds, found yesterday afternoon (15.07.2025), in the area of Stavropotamos in Kastoria.
This is the fourth dead bear found dead in the area for the last three months, three of which had obvious wounds of a gun. Immediately, executives of the Bear Immediate Intervention Team, which has been established in the IP. Kastoria, they reached the spot and examined the unfortunate animal.
The forensic examination revealed that the bear received five bullets on the back of her body, indicating that the unfortunate animal was in a state of flight.
She is a mother -in -law, who was currently breastfeeding her little ones, for which a business is underway, in order to be located and rescued, as they will not be able to survive on their own.
It is recalled that a few days ago the organization had identified Dead a teddy bear in the village of Poria Kastoriawhich had injured an unknown in the right shoulder with a gun.
The environmental organization Callisto recalls that the killing or injury of bear is an illegal act, which is prosecuted and calls on the competent authorities, police and justice, to investigate the repeated incidents of bear deaths to identify those responsible.
At the same time, he notes that increased incidents of bears approach to residential areas of the Kastoria Regional Unit in recent months require coordinated action by the competent authorities and stresses the need for immediate implementation by the state of a constituted action plan in the IP. Kastoria, for the protection of both human life and activity and the strictly protected species of the bear.
The bear in Greece is a completely protected species, in accordance with Greek and international law.
The species, as well as its habitat, are protected by the Forest Code, but also by the Habitats’ Directive (92/43/EU), the Berne Treaty and the CITES Treaty. According to the red book of the endangered animals of Greece (2009), the bear is classified in the endangered species.