A bear was found dead, without external injuries, causing concern in environmental organizations and authorities. According to an announcement by the environmental organization “Snap“, The animal does not have obvious injuries, and there are no clear indications of the causes of his death at present.
The organization, which specializes in protecting wildlife, and especially the large sarcophagus, points out that the case is being seriously investigated, while focusing the possibility of using poisoned baits, also known as “cakes”.
In detail the press release
To identify a dead bear in crops in the area of the Municipal Community of Ambelokipi Kastoria (south lakeside area) the competent authorities were informed on Wednesday morning, June 25, 2025, as well as the Environmental Organization “Callisto”, in the context of the institutionalized group. Kastoria.
Immediate executives of the Forest Service and Callistos found themselves at the point where they found that the dead animal had no external injuries. He was subsequently transferred to the veterinary service of the area where partial necropsy became partial necropsy. It was a male person of 250 kg and aged 8-10 years.
Due to the inconvenience of obvious indications of the causes of the animal’s death, it is considered that the animal was killed by the consumption of a poisoned bait. For this reason, the Special Poisoning Bait Detection Unit (EMDD) of the Central Macedonia of Oipoka, which will investigate the wider area, was alerted, so that, if poisoned baits, more serious baits are detected. It is noted that the use of poisoned bait (murder) is an illegal act that has a serious impact, both indirectly and directly, on the natural environment and public health.
It is recalled that the environmental organization “Callisto” submitted on June 17, 2025 to the competent authorities, a operational action plan to manage the issue of bears approaches in residential areas and settlements of the Regional Unit of Kastoria.
The current period, as well as every spring and summer, records an increased presence of bears near residential areas and especially in the Kastoria IP, due to the particular geophysical characteristics of the area. The finding of a bear presence near a residential area must be followed by a notification of the Forest Service or the Police Department of the area. It is a manageable phenomenon that should not cause panic, but requires sufficient operational organization, proper design and targeted protocol of actions by the competent bodies, and only by them. “