Whatever happens, never run away
What to do when encountering a bear? Never run away. The bear is a traveller in Swiss border forests with Italy and Austria.
Bears are not dangerous to humans
According to WWF, there were 291 attacks by brown bears on humans in Europe over 15 years, 19 of them fatal. “The predator is fundamentally not dangerous to humans,” explains the Swiss bear expert David Bittner.
What to do in case of an encounter?
“In areas with bears, it is important to make yourself noticed. One should never run away.” In the event of an attack, WWF recommends throwing yourself to the ground and placing your hands over the back of your head. More on the topic of wildlife and species protection.
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More on the subject of recreational hunting: 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.
