Posted: 12.05.2025 16:28:00

Border guards found dead moose on border with Lithuania

Another victim of the Lithuanian barbed wire was a moose; its carcass was found in the Ostrovets District of the Grodno Region, sb.by reports with reference to Belarus’ State Border Committee

Video screenshot by Belarus’ State Border Committee

On May 10th, Smorgon border guards discovered a moose carcass in the Ostrovets District on the Belarusian-Lithuanian border.

“The border post's video surveillance system recorded an animal heading from Lithuania to Belarus becoming entangled in a dangerous European fence. A border patrol unit arrived at the scene and found a moose that had died from blood loss,” the Belarusian border agency gave the details.

Since September 2021, the Belarusian side has registered a total of 52 cases of animal deaths because of the border barriers in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.