This day and our sightings of bears illustrated the tensions in the area. Romania has the highest density of bears in Europe due to the hunting ban imposed during the Ceauşescu era. Consequently bears tend to have little fear of humans. When tourists encounter a bear they are first wary, then decide the bear is not a threat and begin to interact, usually based on giving it food, or pretending to. Bears are intelligent and a source of food obtained by sitting around by a road will be exploited.

Bears do not "receive" food from people,tourists or locals.They take it.They come to look for it in city and restaurants bins,in farmers courtyards etc.Last year we had a bear coming in central Brasov looking for food in a kitchen,through a window.They are protected animals and they thrive.The humans mean no danger to them anymore and they visit us for our juicy cooked food.Bears are great gourmands.

As ecologists we were aware already of the problems of animal/human interaction. Consequently we did not feed the bear or try to interact with it.

When we saw a bear later in the day around the hotel complex all the local dogs formed a pack and were attacking it, the waiters were throwing stones and there was a sustained effort to discourage the bear from the vicinity. This almost backfired for us, as the dogs had got the bear in somewhat of a fury and it was directly between us and our car. Fortunately stones from a waiter encouraged caused it to pause and we legged it past and out of the bear's route.

Look at him acting all cute to get some treats !

Romania e 80% salbaticie si zona rurala nedezvoltata,Daca se dezvolta pe ici pe colo o bruma de turism e foarte bine, nu e nici pe departe o problema.Dealtfel ursii si-au ales sa se inmulteasca fantastic si sa vina aproape de om exact in singura zona mai dezvoltata turistic din Romania,tocmai pentru ca interactiunea cu omul nu e nici pe departe asa de nociva pentru animale cum o prezentati voi.La noi romanii au stiut dintotdeauna sa coabiteze cu animalele salbatice,nu e nevoie sa stopam turismul

the bad thing is that that the bears live near to some of the finest turist resorts in romania where local and foreign tourists flock in great numbers ...so it's imposible to avoid human bear contacts considering their number ..also many tourists foreign and local are feeding bears ...mostly foreign tourists that never saw a bear...the locals in thise parts are annoyed of this ...srry bad english

C est magnifique merci pour ces belles images

and you don't have to pay to see bears here ...they are a very common sight in those parts ...some said that indeed romania helds the largest pop of bears in europe and they are protected .other countrys refused to accept them because they have no room ,no proper habitat for them...in romania thanks to the economic crisis the construction in bear habitat has somehow halted

You should ALWAYS ALWAYS feed the bears when ever possible! They're hungry people!!!!

When I was 8,I saw a bear near the Transilvania's castle ♥ :3

Posibil ca ursul din imagine, este cel care fost gasit mort in urma cu cativa ani si stiti de ce?? Pt ca era invatat sa nu isi mai caute singur hrana. Din cauza iernii foarte grele nu reusit sa supravietuiasca, practic a murit de inainitie. Din pacate nu suntem educati sa protejam fauna si flora si prin simplu fapt ca vrem sa ajutam, mai mult facem rau. Oricat de induiosati suntem cand ai vedem dintr-un loc sigur( adica din masina), nu trebuie sa le dam de mancare. Este animal salbatic si ASA trebuie sa ramana!

well romanians love animals and bears ..the real problem is that bears multiply by 500 a year ...so there is no room for them ....thats why they live near citys ...someone said that on a street in brasov lived more bears than germany,czech republik and slovenia combined

Cool!!

SINAIA IS THE NEW WEST COAST

@davazno1 Yes, this is true ! It's about "Jepilor Street" here in Brasov :)

bears, beets, battlestar galactica

Figures. I wonder how bad it's going to have to get before costs go down? X(

However, for the residents, staff and owners of the restaurants and hotel in the vicinity the bears are a real nuisance. When a bear sees people and decides to approach them for food there is a very real risk that people will get attacked. These are big animals. Obviously this is bad for business and allied problems such as raiding bins add to this.

frumos videoclipu va felicit:)

Oamenii sunt niste mamifere care au descoperit gratarul? Pacat ca unele mamifere au descoperit internetul.

it's very unrecommended what these people have just done.

the bear >> OMG i love this jacuzzi but this bloody bastards wants to fuck with me

@vamoalla9 np :D

De ce n-au voie oamenii sa manance carne pe gratar in mijlocul naturii?Si oamenii fac parte din natura,sunt niste mamifere care au descoperit focul si gratarul iar in padure sunt si la ei acasa ..

Hunting is legal but i think you need special authorization to hunt bear and that costs a lot of money

You think they'll ever re-legalize hunting to get the population lower again?

It was not killed!

Let the bears alone, the so called tourism business that captured more and more territory from the wild nature of Romania is the problem.

Its not that bad , we don't have bears everywhere in the country just in some central areas and most incidents , which are not that many , happen because of human stupidity not by excesive bear population . Even if there were just 10 wild bears there are those stupid enough to interract with them and get mauled to death .

and if the "romanians" are tourist?

De ce sa fie pacat?Stii ce, ma enerveaza "ecologismul"asta taliban pe care il profeseaza unii doar ca sa-si exprime ura fata de oameni, pentru a se da rotunzi si pentru a face lumea mai urata.Tu,mare fariseu "iubitor" de natura nu uita ca esti un mamifer,un copil al naturii la randul tau si trebuie sa ne putem bucura de natura in libertateN-am chef sa-mi fac gratar intr-un tarc oribil amenajat cu sarma pe margine, si eu si focul si carnea pe gratar sunt tot elemente de natura,clar?