Another report about the occurrence of a bear near Prague: This time from the vicinity of Všetat
The witness is an experienced hunter
Čečelický municipal office adds that the bear was spotted outside the village towards Konětopy. “If you need information, please report to 724 158 797; at any time, “asks citizens to contact the mayor Josef Zeman (Sokol Čečelice). He told Deník that if the bear’s presence was confirmed, he would call the police and the environment of the Mělník town hall again, which he allegedly warned immediately after the report. It would then be up to the officials and police to decide how to proceed. Zeman also warned fellow mayors in the area. According to him, the main thing is that people know that they should not go to nature with a dog now.
According to him, he saw the bear with his own eyes at half past seven in the morning, from a car by the road. “He is an experienced hunter; he didn’t confuse a dog with a bear, “the mayor explained why he was really convinced that the bear was roaming around the village. “I’m also a hunter, so I immediately went to that place to look for clues. But it was frozen. “I paddled there for an hour – and nothing,” he said.
The police did the same. A spokesman for Pavel Trux told Deník that a local government representative turned to the district department, whose team, together with the hunters, searched around the area. “They didn’t find a clue,” he said.
The alarm is not unique
A month ago, information about the possible occurrence of the bear caused a stir in Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav. At the time, it came from hunters who posted alerts for their members via Facebook. They stated that north of the double town, in the locality of Hlavenec – which is only a few kilometers from Čečelice – a brown one should have been seen. However, the source of this information is credible, but has not yet been confirmed by further observations. Searching for clues or bear droppings was also in vain.
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The bear alarm also appeared in Prague-East last year at the end of March. At that time, reports of a possible sighting of the beast between Mnichovice and Strančice attracted attention; at the bus stop Všestary. Several police patrols were sent to the scene, but they did not find a trace.
There is no direct danger to people
In our encounters in the wild with the bear, which may still be active, the general notion that wild capelin indulge in hibernation in January should not pose a serious risk to humans: the beast does not seek contact or even conflicts with humans, and rather tends to to disappear. However, the situation is different in the case of animals: the risk may be posed not only by dogs, but also by sheep.
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However, there are known cases from tourist areas abroad that bears have become accustomed to the presence of people, they like to look for food near their homes, while sometimes they behave “brazenly” and do not let themselves be disturbed. A bear that was previously bred in captivity may be completely used to contact with humans. Mayor Zeman does not think that this is the case. “If it was a bear that escaped someone, he’d probably go to the village looking for food,” he says. “But this one seems shy.”