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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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[–] Vampire@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

No dogs around, so these intrepid cops adapted to the situation and got the job done using what was available

[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Environment agency is just another type of cop. Not that policing environmental regulations is necessarily bad but they are still literally cops dude.

[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

If they were park rangers, sure, but a random career government bureaucrat has no enforcement authority here.

[–] Kuori@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

the headline writers are to blame here, not the commenters