It is not necessary to contact the Intervention Team every time a bear is recorded or sighted in the landscape. It is essential to distinguish between the natural presence of a bear in its habitat and situations that require intervention.

A bear moving through the landscape – crossing a meadow above a village and then returning to the forest, for example – is normal, ecologically driven behaviour which, under the given circumstances, poses no immediate risk to residents.

Expert supervision and specific measures become necessary only when the bear’s behaviour turns unnatural – it loses its natural wariness, deliberately seeks out the proximity of people, or loses its natural respect around inhabited areas. Seek expert help if a bear’s behaviour becomes unnatural or threatening, in particular in the following cases:

• Loss of wariness: If the bear repeatedly returns to the immediate vicinity of houses and reacts indifferently to the presence of people.
• Seeking out human food sources: If the animal regularly visits unsecured containers, gardens or farm buildings.
• Causing damage: Where, in an attempt to obtain food, the bear damages property, beehives or fencing, or harms livestock.

📌 Important

If a bear is present in an inhabited area, or in the immediate vicinity of people, you should also call the emergency number 112.

• A bear sighted outside an inhabited area, close to settlements, cattle, apiaries, orchards, campsites, camping grounds and similar places;
• A bear sighted in an inhabited area but no longer present at the site;
• A bear present in an inhabited area, close to settlements, waste, cattle, apiaries, orchards, campsites, camping grounds and similar places;
• A bear present and in the immediate vicinity of people in an inhabited area; a female with cubs close to people; an injured bear; a bear at waste containers, at food, or inside a building; a bear that has attacked a person.