Authorities say a rare polar bear spotted in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat.
Archived version: https://archive.md/EZwKf
Authorities say a rare polar bear spotted in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat.
Archived version: https://archive.md/EZwKf
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