Draft Cabinet decision “On approval of regulations on the procedures for the protection, rescue and recovery of wild animals when they fall into an environment different from their natural habitat” It was discussed.

The project was developed by the Ministry of Ecological Environment Protection and Climate Change. The report said that there have been frequent cases of wild animals arriving in settlements and other areas for various reasons recently. As a result, the risk of wild animals causing damage to the lives and health of citizens, property and the lives of wild animals and causing death is increasing.

For example, on May 15, 2024, a bear came to the territory of MFY “Jannatmakon” in Saryosi district of Surkhandarya region, injured an IIB employee, and was shot dead for entering the school and endangering the lives of students. given.

“Analysis of such cases, protection and rescue of wild animals when they fall into an environment different from their natural habitat, provision of veterinary assistance when they enter settlements, prevention of damage caused by wild animals to citizens’ health and property, coordination of actions of relevant departments and employees of state institutions, as well as development of regulatory legal documents regulating relations with citizens in relation to how they should behave in such situations,” the project’s analysis states.

Discussions on the project will continue until June 27.

We remind you that in April last year, the Kashkadarya District Prosecutor’s Office opened a criminal case regarding the killing of a Tien Shan brown bear in the Chirachi region. Angry.

Responding to the shooting of the rare bear, then-Minister of Natural Resources Aziz Abduhakimov said the bear did not actually pose a threat to the public and advised authorities not to kill it. emphasizeThe minister said this treatment of nature was “barbaric” and a very serious crime.