• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      So it has to actually be bearing down on a group of people before it needs to be euthanized? Really?

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        3 hours ago

        There was no hurry. It could have been captured and released back in Greenland, but Iceland won’t do that because of the cost, so they just kill it. How much would you be willing to contribute to prevent a polar bear from being killed?

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          No hurry? The woman in the cabin that spotted the bear was just a wooden door or a glass window away from the animal.

          Also, Greenland doesn’t want them back, they even shoot the bears on sight if they are too close to human settlements. They do however have a quota and each bear that is killed in Iceland contributes to this quota.

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          There was no hurry.

          How do you know? Please show me a map of where it was found in relation to places where people live.

          It could have been captured and released back in Greenland

          How do you know this was actually doable? Why do you think the polar bear would survive being dropped off in a random place?

          but Iceland won’t do that because of the cost

          And they should be forced to bear a cost burden they can’t afford?