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Fire, flood or disaster · 03.02.1929

The bear hunt at Sonda

Karujaht Sondas

A failed bear hunt at Sonda in 1928 had made the Tallinn hunters' club a laughing stock, and the state had paid out compensation for damage bears did there all summer. In early 1929 a smaller party led by a hunter who had once shot bears in Siberia bought the hunting right for 485 kroons. On Sunday 3 February twelve men with rifles and revolvers went out with beaters to a den about five kilometres from Sonda station, between the broad- and narrow-gauge lines. A wounded old bear turned on the beaters before it was finished off, and by the end of the day four bears had been shot.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

1928. aasta nurjunud karujaht Sondas oli teinud Tallinna jahimeesteseltsi naerualuseks ning riik oli maksnud kahjutasu karude suvel tehtud kahjude eest. 1929. aasta alguses ostis väiksem seltskond, keda juhtis kunagi Siberis karusid küttinud jahimees, jahiõiguse 485 krooni eest. Pühapäeval, 3. veebruaril läksid 12 kuulipüsside ja revolvritega meest ajajatega karupesa juurde umbes viie kilomeetri kaugusel Sonda jaamast, laia- ja kitsarööpmelise raudtee vahel. Haavatud vana karu tungis ajajate kallale, enne kui ta lõpuks lasti, ja päeva lõpuks oli maha lastud neli karu.

Map of the area around The bear hunt at Sonda
59.35000° N, 26.91500° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Päevaleht, 5 February 1929, p. 7 (DIGAR) ↗

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