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Authorities say a rare polar bear spotted in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat.
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No dogs around, so these intrepid cops adapted to the situation and go the job done using what was available
The bear was killed Thursday afternoon in the northwest of Iceland after police consulted the Environment Agency, which declined to have the animal relocated, Westfjords Police Chief Helgi Jensson told The Associated Press.
Environment Agency is to blame here, not the cops.
Environment agency is just another type of cop. Not that policing environmental regulations is necessarily bad but they are still literally cops dude.
the headline writers are to blame here, not the commenters
dicks out for polambe
In this case, as you can see in the picture, the bear was very close to a summer house. There was an old woman in there.
Oh no! A women in a protected environment might be anxious?! SHOOT IT!!!
seriously, Iceland, I think we all expected more out of you.
You think a regular door will hold back a hungry polar bear?
I do not know the quality of door this woman has.
Cops not being a bastard challenge level impossible
Best way to defend against a polar bear:
Best way to defend against a black bear is to hand it a wallet. Or phone.
IT'S COMING RIGHT FOR US
Just another day in America…
I didn’t have Harambe 2.0 on my 2024 Bingo Card.
terribletortoise@lemmy.world 1 week ago
We can all agree that it’s a tragedy that this animal died.
The other consideration is that polar bears are amongst the most relentless and vicious predators around. A polar bear around an inhabited area is very much a serious safety threat. Iceland doesn’t have any animal predators and therefore also wouldn’t have the trained people or equipment necessary to deal with neutralizing and relocating this bear.
I would have liked to have seen the animal safely moved. But I suspect there’s more context to this story that we don’t have beyond the headline.
astropenguin5@lemmy.world 1 week ago
A bit more context from reading the article
the bear was actively going through the trash of a woman’s summer house while she was there which is why it was reported
the Iceland environmental agency actively decided to not try and relocate it, likely due to how expensive it would be to take back to Greenland
the bear is also being studied for potential diseases/parasites, how healthy it was, body fat, etc. which is nice I guess