Controversy
After retiring from his sports career, he and his wife Janka opened a traditional Slovak restaurant in the village of Štrba. However, their venture into hospitality has not been without scandal. At their chalet-style restaurant Žerucha, they reportedly served meat from a protected species the brown bear. In a video, restaurant staff confirmed to reporters that obtaining bear meat only requires having the right contacts at the Tatra National Park Administration (TANAP), which is headed by a man with a criminal conviction for poaching wolves. [3] [4]
According to the civic initiative MY SME LES (“We Are the Forest”), Hurajt was selling meat from a protected animal without the required permit from the Ministry of the Environment. [5]
The Ministry confirmed that while exemptions from the ban on commercial use of protected species, such as trading in bear meat, can be granted, this only happens when all legal conditions are met. “At present, the ministry has received no such exemption request. The exemption is typically issued to the seller, who then transfers the specimen to the buyer,” the ministry stated. The Slovak Environmental Inspectorate stated that a violation of the law had been confirmed in this case, and the operator will be fined. [6] [7]
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