The Slovak government today approved the killing of 350 bears this year after the growing number of brown bears attacks, whose population has grown in recent years, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fitso said.

This country of Central Europe is the refuge of the bears population in its many mountainous areas, which has 1,000 to 3,000 bears, according to different estimates.

Last week, a bear killed a 59 -year -old man walking near the central city of Detva, reported Slovak media, recording it as the latest incident of a wave of attacks on people in recent years

“We cannot live in a country where people will be afraid to go to the woods, where people are feeding the bears,” Fitso said in a media report that was broadcast live on Facebook.

The Ministry of the Environment has announced that it plans to follow the example of Romania, which had set quotas and had more than doubled the number of bears last year that was allowed to be killed at 481.

Last year, the Slovaks killed 144 bears, a number increased compared to the one -digit numbers recorded in previous years. According to the Slovak government, 13 bears attacks were recorded on humans.