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More intersing (if sad) news from Italy with a bear killed by a man who “feared for his life”
A popular female bear has been shot dead on the outskirts of a town in central Italy and a man has claimed he opened fire out of fear.
The bear, named Amarena, was filmed earlier this week roaming around the town of San Sebastiano Dei Marsi with her two cubs.
Local governor Marco Marsilio said no bear in the Abruzzo region had ever threatened residents with any danger.
However, earlier this year a jogger was killed by a bear in the Alps.
There was widespread shock in Abruzzo that Amarena had been killed. The bear was well known in the area and named after a variety of black cherry that she was particularly fond of.
The governor said on social media that the killing was incomprehensible and was a “very grave act against the whole Abruzzo region which leaves pain and anger”.
Environment Minister Gilberto Pichetto spoke of a “very serious episode” and said everything possible had to be done to ensure her two cubs were protected and remained free.
BBC article here: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66680522
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