Brown Bears are one of the most intriguing species on the earth, and they may be found in one of Europe’s last really wild places – Ursus Arctos. Following a series of assaults in recent years, a campaign to protect human settlements in the Carpathian Mountains has erupted against this symbolic animal to protect them.

Increased bear numbers, according to the supporters of this movement, are the fundamental cause of the conflict. However, current scientific research opposes this and leads us to believe that human encroachment on the brown bear’s natural habitat is the underlying cause of the conflict.

Brown bears have been threatened by poaching, habitat degradation due to illegal logging, and various disputes with rural populations who see them as a nuisance. Illegal logging is not only responsible for the destruction of bears’ habitat, but it also causes bears to flee from the woods due to the noise. In parallel to deforestation, the expansion of human settlements, agricultural land, and transport systems in the Carpathian Mountains have all caused the alteration of the behaviour and migrations of brown bear population, which has been seen in recent years.