In the National Park (NP) "Biogradska gora" they caught, during the previous night, in order to mark it with a "satellite collar", a brown bear, which they named Nikola. The bear weighs as much as 255 kilograms and according to Professor Nikola Ćirović from the Faculty of Biology in Belgrade, it is one of the largest bears caught, measured and tagged in the Balkans.
For the next three years, Nikola will use a "satellite collar" to regularly deliver data in real time about his movements in the forests and mountain massifs of Montenegro.
"It is the first time that a bear has been marked in this way in Montenegro. The expert team for bears from the Faculty of Biology in Belgrade headed by Assoc. Dr. Ćirović, veterinarian Slobodan Spasojević, in cooperation with the protection service of NP Biogradska gora successfully completed this project, which has been going on for two full years," the NP announced.
The "Bear Watching" project is a joint initiative of NP "Biogradska gora" and NP "Tara", within the regional project implemented by the World Organization for Nature Protection WWF Adria and the NGO "Parks of the Dinarides - Network of Protected Areas of the Dinarides" under the name "Protected Areas for Nature and people". The sponsor is the Swedish development agency SIDA. The initiative is dedicated to the development of nature-oriented tourism while promoting measures to protect and improve bear habitats.
"In the next three years, a system for the development and sustainable use of resources and nature protection will be established with the cooperation of science and business representatives. Residents of the protected and surrounding areas will have the opportunity to get involved in game protection measures, but also to create a tourist offer as guides for observing bears or through the provision of accommodation services, gastronomy and other tourist services based and oriented on nature," say the NP "Biogradska gora" .
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