“Rambo” the bear, which was seen in several places in Ploiesti and which the local authorities managed to catch on Monday, after almost a month, was allegedly relocated to the Kiyodu district in the Buzeu County, a decision that caused riots in the commune. “A bear can cover 30 kilometers every day, so it can attack in Kiouda or Siriu,” says Kiouda mayor Gheorghe Neamtzu.

He claims that he learned from the press that the bear caught in Ploiesti was relocated to Tabla Butiy, on the border of the counties of Buzeu and Prahova, practically on the border with the commune of Koidu.

I would also like to get rid of bears, but I don’t take them and throw them in someone else’s yard.”

• “It doesn’t seem normal to me, given that this hunting ground is already overrun with bears and there have been numerous bear attacks on households in Kiyojo.
• A bear can walk 30 kilometers every day, so it can attack in Kiyoda, or in Siriu, or in the area in Prahov, but I don’t understand why it was moved to an overpopulated hunting ground.
• We have taken measures to find out the criteria and the possibility of relocating this bear, we will also go to an audience with the prefect of Prahov to find out why this decision was made,” said Gheorghe Neamtzu, quoted by News.ro. .

The mayor believes that relocating the bear does not lead to a solution to the problem and that the mayors should be consulted regarding the relocation of some animals in the communes headed by them.

• “I understand the people from Prahov that they wanted to get rid of him. I’d like to get rid of them too, but I’m not taking them and throwing them in someone else’s yard to face what I faced. I suggest that we, the mayors, should be asked for our consent to accept bears in the hunting fund, which overlaps the radius of the UAT, which we lead,” Neamtsu said.

“Return to the old legislation, do not use permanent relocation of bears”

And the mayor of the Siriu commune, Dragoš Vojku, reacted on his Facebook page after the mayor of the Cerasu commune in Prahova County announced on social media that Rambo the bear had been released in the Siriu area.

• “First of all, I am telling you clearly that the bear from the area of ​​Ploiesti city, relocated by the central authorities, was not relocated to the territory of Siriu commune. Then we, the leadership of the Siriu City Hall, and I, as the mayor, do not agree with the resettlement of wild animals and especially with the resettlement of bears! I discussed with the Mayor of Cherasu Commune from Prahova County, Alin Stajka, the area where this bear was relocated, and whoever mentioned in the virtual environment that the bear from the Ploiesti district reached the Siriu district, and he does not have the competence to make such statements, because you have no idea have
• He clearly says that the bear arrived in the commune he represents, Ceras, and later the animal was brought and released on the border between the counties of Buzău, Prahova and Brasov,” Dragos Voicu, mayor of Siriu commune in Buzău county, wrote on his Facebook page.

Voyka also asks the decision-making authorities to abandon the resettlement of bears and other wild animals, as it affects the local authorities: “I am appealing here, in the online environment, to the decision-making authorities to return to the old legislation, do not use permanent resettlement of bears and other wild animals! We, the local government, spend resources that we don’t have anyway on useless actions! We must protect our own residents, take care of their health and integrity,” said the mayor of the commune Siriu Dragoš Vojku.

The bear, which the Ploiesti authorities had been looking for for a month, was caught on Monday near the Lukoil oil refinery. In recent weeks, the presence of a bear has been reported several times in various streets of Ploiesti, and Ploiesti City Hall has announced “stationary observation points and patrols” in places where bears have been reported, the installation of three CCTV cameras and “drone monitoring, twice a day”.