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    Ein seltener Eisbär tauchte an der Küste Islands auf. Die Polizei erschoss ihn


    Ein seltener Eisbär tauchte an der Küste Islands auf. Die Polizei erschoss ihn

    https://apnews.com/article/polar-bear-shot-iceland-policy-greenland-ice-0d3badd4b7f5e320d992ce7f0dc600fd

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    1. GoKewn on

      Yeah the bear was rummaging for food near a home occupied by a single elderly woman who called the police because she was scared.

      She is a permanent resident in a summer cabin community and was all alone. She had to call her daughter in Reyjavik via Satellite phone to get assistance.

    2. SherbertConsistent47 on

      Probably the only “action” the police got in 40 years. Poor polar bear.

    4. Cute_Beat7013 on

      Polar bears aren’t native to Iceland; the environmental agency refused to relocate the bear to Greenland after it ostensibly arrived by floating over…

      Sad but makes sense that an expensive operation involving specialized (air) transport, financial and logistical coordination between the two nations (kingdom of Denmark and Iceland), and tranquilizing a large, dangerous animal would be denied since they’re not at immediate risk of extinction.

    5. Independent-Mix-5796 on

      If it’s black, fight back
      If it’s brown, lie down
      If it’s white, good night

    7. shabbyHabit on

      Polar bears are more dangerous than grizzlies.
      They did the right thing.

    8. PontificatinPlatypus on

      The ancient and terrible war between polar bears and Björk must never reach Iceland’s shores.

    9. AwfulUsername123 on

      Sometimes you have to shoot animals. Polar bears are extremely dangerous.

    10. peterosity on

      the climate is so fucked now the animals are getting fucked over too.. this is just sad all around

    11. HardOyler on

      Yeah it sucks to have a polar bear killed you just don’t want these things lurking around any sort of population especially a population not expecting to have polar bears around

    12. quick_Ag on

      Man, that poor thing looks emaciated. Probably hadn’t eaten in weeks.

    13. Jaded-Influence6184 on

      324km distance to Greenland from northwest tip of Iceland. It would be quite difficult to move it that far without the proper expertise and equipment (Churchill MB does this quite often; it’s called the polar bear capital of the world). Still a shame.

      It was probably starving after being on a drifting ice flow. They normally eat seals, but there likely wouldn’t be any in the middle of the Denmark Strait.

    14. Secret_Cow_5053 on

      Look let’s be honest. A polar bear that far from the ice pack is a hazard. They’re the only animal left that regularly sees humans a food anyway, so a hungry polar bear is even more dangerous.

    18. Alienlovechild1975 on

      Did anyone try to offer it a Coca Cola? Everybody knows that polar bears love Coca Cola the commercials on Christmas said so.Brown bears drink Hamm’s beer and steal picnic baskets and black bears will carjack you.I saw a video of one opening a truck and started rummaging through it for food

    19. lateralspin on

      The effects of climate change. Endangered species may become extinct as food source runs out.

    20. Extension-Iron7383 on

      Having seen one in the wild while working, they did the right thing. We are not meant to be near each other. Either you are getting killed and eaten or you are killing them in self defense.

    21. BobbyPeele88 on

      Fucking cops, always shooting incredibly dangerous and starving animals in close proximity to vulnerable people. I bet they didn’t even try to deescalate.

    23. networkn on

      Initially, the topic made me raging angry, I understand and support the decision, as tragic and sad as it is.

    24. Obi-Wanna_Blow_Me on

      If they didn’t shoot it the article would’ve read…

      “A rare polar bear showed up on the shores of Iceland and attacked the village of (whatever). Multiple dead and wounded.”

    25. Impressive-Step290 on

      FYI: Polar bears are not native to Iceland. No large indigenous terrestrial mammals there.

    28. zigaliciousone on

      If you run into one on the ice and it sees you, even if it’s a little dot on the horizon because of how far away it is, doesn’t matter, it will make its way over to you because they consider anything moving to be food.

    29. Attention_Shoppers on

      Was definitely gonna eat that old lady and shit all over her house.

      Can confirm /s

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