Bear dispute rages in Italy: Expert explains turning point – “there is a before and after”. Forestry and wildlife service employees receive threatening calls on their personal phones.

Provincial President Maurizio Fugatti has always been able to order the death of bears. There are now around 100 adult bears there, as the director of the wildlife service, Alessandro Brugnoli, said in an interview with the German Press Agency. It is difficult to determine an exact number because the animals like to migrate. But there are far too many.