Publication at Faculty of Education |
2012
Abstract
The prolonged survival of the Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) population in the Bohemian Forest was largely possible due to the protection of this animal which was considered a rare and desirable trophy. Consequently the Bear could survive in the Bohemian Forest for a hundred years longer than in the Ore Mountains.
Isolated population in the Sudetes survived in Moravia, the last specimens were hunted down in the 1740s. Bears hunted down during the 19th century in the Beskydy Mountains may almost certainly be considered casual migrants from the Slovak part of this mountain range.
The return of the Bear on the territory of Moravia and Silesia corresponds with the consolidation of the Slovak population due to the protection introduced in 1932.