Ultra-sound system to keep bears away in Romanian town: ministry

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

BUCHAREST (AFP) — Authorities in the Romanian town of Brasov are planning to install ultra-sound devices to chase away bears, which have been making increasing forays into town, the environment ministry said Friday.

The devices will be installed around the town centre at first and will later spread to other vulnerable neighbourhoods within a 12-kilometre (7.5-mile) perimeter, the ministry added.

"It's a pilot project that we will then be able to install in other tourist locations that are at risk," said Environment Minister Attila Korodi.

Bears have been increasingly venturing into town in the past few years, leading to several deadly attacks, including one in August in which a 20-year-old man was torn to shreds by a bear searching for food, as he was...