After sighting a brown bear in southern Bavaria, experts are looking for more tracks. Among other things, it is now necessary to obtain genetic material from manure or fur remnants to determine the origin and also the sex of the animal, said a spokeswoman for the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (LfU) on Thursday. "Our people are there."
A wild animal camera had photographed the animal during the night on Wednesday in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It is believed that this is a male bear, who came from the Italian Trentino via Tyrol to Bavaria.
It is the first bear in Bavaria, since about 13 years ago the brown bear Bruno was shot down after futile attempts to catch in the Upper Bavarian Spitzingseegebiet. He had caused with excitement into localities and with numerous tears of sheep for excitement.
With the new bear there is "no reason to worry," said the LfU spokeswoman. "It is an animal that behaves absolutely wild typical, unobtrusive and shy."