Animal attack
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Event title
Romania - Motorcyclist killed in bear attack on Romanian scenic mountain road
Source
Severity
Mid
Event date (UTC)
2025-07-04 10:42:37
Last update (UTC)
2025-07-04 10:42:37
Area range
Local event
Address/Affected area(s)
Carpathian Mountains
A motorcyclist was mauled to death by a bear on a road in the Carpathian Mountains in Romania on Thursday, emergency service officials said, the latest attack in the country with the European Union's largest population of brown bears.Romania has a brown bear population of 10,000 to 13,000, preliminary results of a multi-year DNA study showed this year, and authorities are struggling to keep residents and tourists in mountain towns safe.