Krauze said that 20 or 30 years ago there were only a few bears in Latvia, but now their number is estimated at around 120. The minister pointed to cases when people have encountered a bear in the forest. An employee of the Latvian State Forests was even injured by one animal.
Krauze believes that the increase in the number of bears is already becoming dangerous, so we need to think about limiting it.
However, since bears are specially protected animals, "it's not that sim...