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.

  • Dasus@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I think there’s a slight difference in a captive gorilla and wild polar bear.

    I mean (unrelated but still) I think a polar bear could 1v1 a gorilla. Meaning I think a polar bear is more dangerous. Especially a hungry one, that’s able to just walk into a population center.

    I too wish they could’ve saved the bear, but I don’t think people are gonna complain about this as much as with Harambe (RIP)

    Like even if anaesthesia was an option, they’d still have had to give it a ride back, or build it a home. And building zoos just isn’t too popular nowadays imo.