Since a bear was sighted in the district of Wolfratshausen near Munich, alpine farmers and farmers have been worried about their cattle. Should hikers be particularly careful? A conversation with the district chairman of the Bund Naturschutz.
Brown bears are particularly strictly protected under the Federal Nature Conservation Act and the guidelines of the European Union. Individual specimens may only be killed in exceptional cases, for example if they get too close to people for a long time. When an animal is spotted, as was recently the case in the Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen districtare currently Alm farmers and farmers alarmed. They care about their livestock. In an interview, the district chairman of the Bund Naturschutz, Friedl Krönauer, reveals why he brown bears thinks what he advises hikers and what he wants from politicians and the population is an enrichment.