With the permission of Alisher Maksudov, the chairman of the State Committee for Ecology and Environmental Protection, a brown bear listed in the Red Book was killed by a Russian hunter in the Tashkent province.
On March 3, 2021, a Russian national Shirokov E.P. was issued a permit No. 000400030 to shoot two Tianshan brown bears, listed in the "Red Book" with the signature of Alisher Maksudov.
Thу permit was registered with the Bostanlyk District Inspectorate for Ecology and Environmental Protection on March 31, 2021 under No. 4.
"The hunter was identified as E.P. Shirokov, a citizen of the Russian Federation. who shot 1 brown bear in Bostanliq district and who posted his photograph with a downed bear (He has a permit to shoot one more Tianshan brown bear).
Bears who have just woken up are much weaker this season. It is brutal to kill them using their own weakness.
The Tashkent Times tried to contact the press service of the Committee for Ecology and Environmental Protection, to clarify the situation, but the calls were unanswered.
