Constitutional Court approves the shooting of roughly 900 bears in Romania

Romania’s Constitutional Court decided on Wednesday, June 24, that the law providing for the shooting of nearly 900 bears in 2026 and another 900 in 2027 is constitutional.

The culling of the bears, presented as an intervention and prevention measure, was first proposed in March of this year by the Hungarian minority party UDMR. Its approval in Parliament was announced by former environment minister and longtime supporter of the hunting of bears, Tanczos Barna, but was then contested by Romanian president Nicușor Dan.