Fugitive brown bear captured in Hungary after wandering for weeks

Source: Xinhua    2018-06-09 20:05:58

BUDAPEST, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Hungarian authorities announced the capture of the young brown bear on the run on Saturday.

The 2- to 3-year-old animal caused sensation and quite some panic in Hungary after a few weeks of wandering.

"Everybody can calm down, the director of the Wild Park of Szeged (close to the Serbian border), Robert Veprik managed to shoot the animal with a tranquilizer," the Kiskunsag National Park announced Friday via its Facebook account.

"The bear will be transported to the Bukk National Park (North), but this time, we will equip him with a tracking device so that we can monitor its movement easier if he wanted to get on the go again," the park added.

The young brown bear reportedly entered the Hungarian territory in May from Slovakia and was heading steadily to the south of Hungary.

Besides some rare footage, on which the bear has been seen sitting on railways or trying to get his lunch from some litter bins, the animal leaved marks in rural areas.

The bear has left many footprints and even destroyed ant farms. "The larva of the ants provides a good source of proteins to bears," according to the Kiskunsag National Park.

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Fugitive brown bear captured in Hungary after wandering for weeks

Source: Xinhua 2018-06-09 20:05:58

BUDAPEST, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Hungarian authorities announced the capture of the young brown bear on the run on Saturday.

The 2- to 3-year-old animal caused sensation and quite some panic in Hungary after a few weeks of wandering.

"Everybody can calm down, the director of the Wild Park of Szeged (close to the Serbian border), Robert Veprik managed to shoot the animal with a tranquilizer," the Kiskunsag National Park announced Friday via its Facebook account.

"The bear will be transported to the Bukk National Park (North), but this time, we will equip him with a tracking device so that we can monitor its movement easier if he wanted to get on the go again," the park added.

The young brown bear reportedly entered the Hungarian territory in May from Slovakia and was heading steadily to the south of Hungary.

Besides some rare footage, on which the bear has been seen sitting on railways or trying to get his lunch from some litter bins, the animal leaved marks in rural areas.

The bear has left many footprints and even destroyed ant farms. "The larva of the ants provides a good source of proteins to bears," according to the Kiskunsag National Park.

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