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Authorities say a rare polar bear spotted in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat.

Archived version: https://archive.md/EZwKf

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Fpolar-bear-shot-iceland-policy-greenland-ice-0d3badd4b7f5e320d992ce7f0dc600fd

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[–] terribletortoise 32 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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 10 points 3 months 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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

dicks out for polambe

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Best way to defend against a polar bear:

  1. Hand it ticket to Iceland
  2. Hand it a toy gun
[–] SkyezOpen 1 points 3 months ago

Best way to defend against a black bear is to hand it a wallet. Or phone.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Cops not being a bastard challenge level impossible

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

IT'S COMING RIGHT FOR US

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

I didn't have Harambe 2.0 on my 2024 Bingo Card.