Pls. Stop Shooting of Brown Bears in Slovenia !

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Janez Podobnik, Minister of the Environment and Spatial Planning
Government of the Republic of Slovenia
Dunajska c. 48, SI-1000 Ljubljana

Janez Jana, President of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia
Gregorèièeva 20, 25, SI-1000 Ljubljana

Dr. Janez Drnovek, President of the Republic of Slovenia
Erjavèeva 17, SI-1000 Ljubljana

Your Excellency,

I, the undersigned, protest against the killing of many brown bears in Slovenia every year, for instance 106 killings that were planned to take place in 2007. There is no rhyme or reason in causing suffering to innocent living creatures and in violence towards nature.

If it is true, as alleged, that there are too many bears in Slovenia, that is no reason for resorting to killing, as there are other, non-violent means of resolving the situation. Slovenia has provided for such means, witness its Strategy of brown bear population management. Furthermore, nature can be trusted to ensure natural balance on its own; there is no reason for man to interfere, as attested by numerous natural reserves where there is no hunting and also no imbalance. Human interfering with natural processes can bring about even greater imbalance – and even greater damage to all of us.

Your Excellency, I appeal to you to do everything in your power to prevent all planned killing of bears – the killing of innocent living beings that have the same right to life as humans. Thank you for your kind attention.

Sincerely,