To go with AFP story by Ani SANDU and Blaise GAUQUELIN
A brown bear rests at the Libearty Bear Sanctuary in Zarnesti, 180 km north of Bucharest, Romania, on October 16, 2024. At the bear sanctuary in the heart of Romania's Carpathians, several new cubs have just arrived, believed to have been orphaned, with the centre fearing more will need sheltering as the country has approved hunting the protected species. Bears are protected in the EU member country, which the government estimates has 8,000 of them -- the largest population in Europe outside Russia. (Photo by Mihai Barbu / AFP)