Tough week for bears
Posted by African Press International on August 12, 2008
A Russian scientist shot a polar bear on Svalbard and hunters shot a brown bear on the mainland this week, despite the fact that bears in Norway are protected.
A polar bear attacked a Russian scientist on Svalbard on Saturday. PHOTO: HKON MOSVOLD LARSEN / SCANPIX |
The Russian, who was doing research on north-eastern Svalbard, shot a young male weighing 140 kilos at a range of 60 metres, when it attacked his tent on Saturday. After firing five warning shots, and five flares, he had four bullets left for the bear, writes news bureau NTB. The incident will automatically be investigated by Governors Office on the island dependency.
On the mainland, another bear was shot at Lten, 120 kilometres north of Oslo. This is the fifth bear to be shot in Hedmark County so far this summer. The Directorate for Nature Management (DN), has issued licences for the culling of one more bear. “The hunt continues,” says hunt organizer Norvald Aas Solberg to Norwegian Broadcasting.
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