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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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[-] terribletortoise@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month 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 10 points 1 month 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

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago

dicks out for polambe

[-] ravhall@discuss.online 9 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] crazyminner@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 month ago

You think a regular door will hold back a hungry polar bear?

[-] ravhall@discuss.online 1 points 1 month ago

I do not know the quality of door this woman has.

[-] doingthestuff@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

They can peel a car door open like it's opening a letter

[-] ravhall@discuss.online 1 points 1 month ago

I hate bills too.

[-] koper@feddit.nl 3 points 1 month ago

Then maybe you should defer judgment unless you know the facts. Polar bears are incredibly strong and will hunt and eat prey much larger than humans.

[-] ravhall@discuss.online 2 points 1 month ago

It’s not the polar bears fault.

[-] Stanley_Pain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago

Cops not being a bastard challenge level impossible

[-] aaaaace 5 points 1 month ago

Best way to defend against a polar bear:

  1. Hand it ticket to Iceland
  2. Hand it a toy gun
[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

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

[-] socsa@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

IT'S COMING RIGHT FOR US

[-] Kit 1 points 1 month ago

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

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