updated 5/12/2024
CTK
According to the city police, the movement of the bear in the outskirts of Zlín, which was reported by a random witness on Saturday before noon, was confirmed by its tracks. They were secured by a hunting owner near the place of the reported meeting with the beast, an employee of the city police operations center told ČTK. According to the deputy director of the Zlín Municipal Police, Pavel Janík, depending on the size of the footprint, it could be an individual weighing up to 200 kilograms, so caution is therefore in order, according to him.
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Safety notice in connection with the appearance of a bear issued by the Municipal Police in Zlín on Saturday afternoon. A man who was jogging in these places alerted the police and the guards to the bear in the woods between the local part of Kudlov, the settlement of Pindula and the village of Želechovice nad Dřevnicí. He saw the bear near the yellow hiking trail in Březovská Street. The animal ran away after seeing the runner. The notice then appeared, among other things, on the social networks of the city of Zlín.
A bear spooked runners on the edge of Zlín. The city police issued a warning
In this context, the city police warns the public about the possible risk of unexpected and unwanted contact with this massive beast.
When moving in the woods, people should be extra careful, avoid confusing and densely overgrown places, and if walking with a dog, they should keep their animal on a leash, the officers said.
