Thursday, June 05, 2008

First polar bear to swim

to Iceland in 15 years

is shot dead by police

in front of sightseers



No mercy: A polar bear like the one shot dead by Icelandic police The first polar bear to swim to Iceland in 15 years has been shot dead by police, sparking an angry row about whether it should have been spared. The animal – one of the species most endangered by climate change – was killed despite the availablility of knockout drugs that could have spared his life. Animal welfare groups are enraged over the decision of Icelandic police to kill the beast..




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