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A rare polar bear showed up on the shores of Iceland. Police shot it

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A rare polar bear showed up on the shores of Iceland. Police shot it - Lemmy.zip

> Authorities say a rare polar bear spotted in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat. Archived version: https://archive.md/EZwKf [https://archive.md/EZwKf] SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Fpolar-bear-shot-iceland-policy-greenland-ice-0d3badd4b7f5e320d992ce7f0dc600fd [https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Fpolar-bear-shot-iceland-policy-greenland-ice-0d3badd4b7f5e320d992ce7f0dc600fd]

Sep 21, 2024 at 1:53pmWeb
Show threadVampire [any]Sep 21, 2024
No dogs around, so these intrepid cops adapted to the situation and go the job done using what was available
Show threadBrikoXSep 21, 2024

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.

Show threadNakoichi [they/them]Sep 21, 2024
Environment agency is just another type of cop. Not that policing environmental regulations is necessarily bad but they are still literally cops dude.
Show threadBrikoXSep 21, 2024
If they were park rangers, sure, but a random career government bureaucrat has no enforcement authority here.
Show threadֆᎮ⊰◜◟⋎◞◝⊱ֆᎮSep 21, 2024
Cops not being a bastard challenge level impossible
Show threadravhallSep 21, 2024

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.

Show threadNoraSep 21, 2024
You think a regular door will hold back a hungry polar bear?
Show threadravhallSep 22, 2024
I do not know the quality of door this woman has.
Show threaddoingthestuffSep 22, 2024
They can peel a car door open like it’s opening a letter
Show threadravhallSep 22, 2024
I hate bills too.
Show threadkoperSep 22, 2024
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.
Show threadravhallSep 22, 2024
It’s not the polar bears fault.
Show threadTerribleTortoiseSep 21, 2024

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.

Show threadastropenguin5Sep 21, 2024

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

Show threadaaaaaceSep 21, 2024

Best way to defend against a polar bear:

  • Hand it ticket to Iceland
  • Hand it a toy gun
    • Show threadSkyezOpenSep 23, 2024
    Best way to defend against a black bear is to hand it a wallet. Or phone.
    Show threadx00zaSep 21, 2024
    Show threadEyck_of_denesleSep 29, 2024
    You ever heard the word cattle?
    Show threadsocsaSep 21, 2024
    IT'S COMING RIGHT FOR US
    Show thread☂️-Sep 21, 2024
    dicks out for polambe
    Show threadKitSep 21, 2024
    I didn’t have Harambe 2.0 on my 2024 Bingo Card.
    Show threadXavienthSep 22, 2024
    Just another day in America…
    Show threadVampire [any]Sep 22, 2024
    Americans always: “don’t forget about us”
    Show threadXavienthSep 22, 2024
    Iceland is a country in America
    Show threadVampire [any]Sep 22, 2024
    It’s about 500km from the Hebrides compared to about 2500km from Labrador
    Show threadXavienthSep 23, 2024
    Europe is an American overseas territory