Zeitungsreise: Living History
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Report on the woodcutter Franz Thoma, who successfully defended himself against an attacking female bear near Laatsch in the Glurns district using an axe and a tree branch. A summoned hunter eventually dispatched the animal.
An official report records the predatory animals culled in Tyrol and Vorarlberg in 1833: 27 bears, 6 wolves, and 2 lynxes. The government disbursed 1,176 florins in convention currency in bounties for their killing. This marked a significant increase compared to the previous two years.
In the judicial district of Schlanders in Vinschgau, predators such as vultures, wolves, and bears had caused substantial damage to grazing livestock for years. On 12 June 1833, a hunter from Martell succeeded in shooting a mother bear along with her three cubs in the Laserthal.
A brief notice on the predators culled in the province of Tyrol in 1831, including wolves, lynxes, and bears. The government disbursed 365 florins in bounty rewards for their culling.
An instruction from 1620 documents the presence of wild boars along the Adige in the 17th century and strict hunting regulations in the Burggrafenamt and Vinschgau. The text raises the question of until what period this animal species was still present in the region before disappearing completely.
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