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.

    • @Maggoty
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      02 hours ago

      That says you’re supposed to scare them off first. Shooting them is a last resort. Not the first resort. In Iceland they made it the first resort by law. That’s the issue.

      • Flying SquidM
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        22 hours ago

        Got it. As long as the children have a way of scaring off the hungry polar bear when it gets to the school playground, no worries.

        • @Maggoty
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          02 hours ago

          Presumably that’s the responsibility of adults.

          • Flying SquidM
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            22 hours ago

            I see, so post multiple guards around any place children might be just in case the rare polar bear makes landfall on Iceland so it can get scared away instead of mauling children.

            Very reasonable.