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Police have shot and killed a polar bear that came ashore in northwestern Iceland, the first sighting of a polar bear there since 2016. It might have hitched a ride from Greenland on a floating iceberg.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (88 children)

That's a lot of justification for killing something that can go fishing for food.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 month ago (68 children)

Except that's not how Polar Bears prefer to hunt. They prefer to hunt by holes over pack ice, where they wait for animals like seals to surface for air. When there's no pack ice, which is what is happening thanks to global warming, they hunt for whatever they can on land. And if that land is inhabited by humans, that means humans.

I would say the potential to kill and eat humans, including infants, is excellent justification.

Does it suck that this is our fault to begin with? Absolutely. That doesn't mean that human lives should be put at risk as well.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So tranquilizers and trailers don't exist in Iceland? They couldn't just send it back to Greenland?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So no map? You said it wasn't an immediate threat. Where's your evidence?

Also, why are you assuming it came from Greenland and why are you assuming that it would survive just being dropped off in some random place in the humongous island of Greenland anyway?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The article, read the article.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The article that says relocating it to Greenland was a non-starter?

The article that says this?

Greenland is an autonomous territory but also part of Denmark — refusing permission either on the grounds of concerns about disease, or because of the local population not being keen on a larger polar bear population on its glacier.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes that part and the part about the bear being in the trash outside. Not an immediate threat.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Again, please show me the map which shows how far away the bear was from a populated settlement.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm guessing if you want a map you can find one online. The article says it was near a summer home.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You're making the claim, not me. It's not my job to prove you're not wrong, it's yours. I know the article says it was near a summer home. I'm not sure why you think that's relevant unless you think it was the only home in the area. In which case, show that.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's what the article says. If you want more evidence then go find it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Yes. The article indeed does not say if anyone else lived nearby. Why are you assuming that means they don’t?

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