Romania says it may have twice as many bears as was thought

DNA study estimates brown bear population at 13,000 as minister promises law to make it easier to put them downRomania may be home to as many as 13,000 brown bears, almost twice as many as previously thought, the country’s forestry research institute has said, as officials promised new laws to allow communities to deal with “crisis bear situations”.The institute’s study of 25 counties in the Carpathian mountains was the first to use DNA samples from material such as faece