Prince kills largest brown bear in Europe as trophy
Prince Emanuel killed the wrong animal.
“The Last One”
Liechtenstein Prince Emanuel kills wrong brown bear as trophy on embarrassing hunt.
Shooting permit issued for the wrong bear
Brown bears are strictly protected throughout Europe. Yet with enough money, wealthy foreigners can still purchase a shooting permit. On 12 March, Prince Emanuel went bear hunting in the Carpathians and, according to the Romanian environmental organisation Agent Green, shot “the largest bear in Europe” — brown bear “Arthur”.
“Just as reprehensible as the ivory trade”
Arthur was 17 years old and the largest bear ever recorded in Romania. It is clear that the Prince did not come to solve the locals’ problems, but to kill the bear and take home the biggest trophy. We are dealing with poaching since he shot the wrong bear.
Gabriel Paun, President of Agent Green
«This is just as reprehensible as the ivory trade”, says Gabriel Paun. Shooting large male animals weakens the bear population — something that has been scientifically proven. The conservationist is calling for a total ban on trophy hunting for foreign nationals.
Swiss recreational hunters on trophy hunts abroad
Between 1,500 and 2,000 Swiss recreational hunters travel abroad each year for trophy hunting. Swiss recreational hunters kill approximately 50 protected animals abroad every year, including elephants, lions, and crocodiles. The import of hunting trophies is approved by the federal government.
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More on the subject of recreational hunting: In the dossier The Role and Criticism of Recreational Hunters we shed light on the training, power and self-image of recreational hunters. What the research says about this is shown by Hunting fact-checked: the state of research.
The position of IG Wild beim Wild: IG Wild beim Wild rejects recreational hunting. Our model is the canton of Geneva, which has managed without recreational hunting since 1974: without hunting seasons, without hunting dogs, without driven hunts, without high seats, without the animal cruelty and crime that go hand in hand with hunting season elsewhere. What has worked there for over fifty years disproves every position paper by JagdSchweiz. An association that bases its policy on claims it refutes in its own documents is not a professional organisation, but a factory for misinformation.
