Yeah the bear was rummaging for food near a home occupied by a single elderly woman who called the police because she was scared.
She is a permanent resident in a summer cabin community and was all alone. She had to call her daughter in Reyjavik via Satellite phone to get assistance.
EarJohnsons on
Polar bears eat anything, they are highly cannibalistic too.
Cute_Beat7013 on
Polar bears aren’t native to Iceland; the environmental agency refused to relocate the bear to Greenland after it ostensibly arrived by floating over…
Sad but makes sense that an expensive operation involving specialized (air) transport, financial and logistical coordination between the two nations (kingdom of Denmark and Iceland), and tranquilizing a large, dangerous animal would be denied since they’re not at immediate risk of extinction.
Independent-Mix-5796 on
If it’s black, fight back
If it’s brown, lie down
If it’s white, good night
Tobbethedude on
:,(
shabbyHabit on
Polar bears are more dangerous than grizzlies.
They did the right thing.
AwfulUsername123 on
Sometimes you have to shoot animals. Polar bears are extremely dangerous.
peterosity on
the climate is so fucked now the animals are getting fucked over too.. this is just sad all around
HardOyler on
Yeah it sucks to have a polar bear killed you just don’t want these things lurking around any sort of population especially a population not expecting to have polar bears around
quick_Ag on
Man, that poor thing looks emaciated. Probably hadn’t eaten in weeks.
Jaded-Influence6184 on
324km distance to Greenland from northwest tip of Iceland. It would be quite difficult to move it that far without the proper expertise and equipment (Churchill MB does this quite often; it’s called the polar bear capital of the world). Still a shame.
It was probably starving after being on a drifting ice flow. They normally eat seals, but there likely wouldn’t be any in the middle of the Denmark Strait.
stevemoveyafeet on
Rightfully so, those bears are legit threats to humans.
705nce on
Anyone downvoting this knows nothing of Polar Bears.
Alienlovechild1975 on
Did anyone try to offer it a Coca Cola? Everybody knows that polar bears love Coca Cola the commercials on Christmas said so.Brown bears drink Hamm’s beer and steal picnic baskets and black bears will carjack you.I saw a video of one opening a truck and started rummaging through it for food
Extension-Iron7383 on
Having seen one in the wild while working, they did the right thing. We are not meant to be near each other. Either you are getting killed and eaten or you are killing them in self defense.
BobbyPeele88 on
Fucking cops, always shooting incredibly dangerous and starving animals in close proximity to vulnerable people. I bet they didn’t even try to deescalate.
networkn on
Initially, the topic made me raging angry, I understand and support the decision, as tragic and sad as it is.
Obi-Wanna_Blow_Me on
If they didn’t shoot it the article would’ve read…
“A rare polar bear showed up on the shores of Iceland and attacked the village of (whatever). Multiple dead and wounded.”
Impressive-Step290 on
FYI: Polar bears are not native to Iceland. No large indigenous terrestrial mammals there.
HopefulSad1 on
Growing up, we had a couple show up in town. My father helped capture one. They are WILDLY dangerous. As in, broke down the door of someone’s house because it could smell food inside. Tranquilizing them is dangerous for humans because you have to get pretty close. Air lifting them out is dangerous AF for the animal and sometimes the people. You may not even have a good place to put them near-ish by. It’s really fucking sad. But seems like this was the most sensible move in this instance.
Ok-Sundae4092 on
So sad
zigaliciousone on
If you run into one on the ice and it sees you, even if it’s a little dot on the horizon because of how far away it is, doesn’t matter, it will make its way over to you because they consider anything moving to be food.
Attention_Shoppers on
Was definitely gonna eat that old lady and shit all over her house.
Can confirm /s
p0ta7oCouch on
It swam for hundreds of miles and then got shot.
realdude93 on
Icelandic cops?? Sigh* they’re all the same
Edit: saw the explanation it’s actually reasonable
Jefe710 on
I mean, polar bears are not to be fucked with…
Hot-Remote9937 on
Fuck them bears
*-Iceland*
djhannu on
Bear was pining for the fyords.
BenZed on
Well, polar bears hunt humans. I can’t exactly blame them.
Shorsha9346 on
I guess they no like polar bears. Poor bear, thought he hit jackpot, then found out why he sees no other bears…..
mjs3350 on
This isn’t really news. It’s the fate of every polar bear that floats over to Iceland. Babies nap on the front porch over there. They’re not used to the threat of predators.
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Yeah the bear was rummaging for food near a home occupied by a single elderly woman who called the police because she was scared.
She is a permanent resident in a summer cabin community and was all alone. She had to call her daughter in Reyjavik via Satellite phone to get assistance.
Polar bears eat anything, they are highly cannibalistic too.
Polar bears aren’t native to Iceland; the environmental agency refused to relocate the bear to Greenland after it ostensibly arrived by floating over…
Sad but makes sense that an expensive operation involving specialized (air) transport, financial and logistical coordination between the two nations (kingdom of Denmark and Iceland), and tranquilizing a large, dangerous animal would be denied since they’re not at immediate risk of extinction.
If it’s black, fight back
If it’s brown, lie down
If it’s white, good night
:,(
Polar bears are more dangerous than grizzlies.
They did the right thing.
Sometimes you have to shoot animals. Polar bears are extremely dangerous.
the climate is so fucked now the animals are getting fucked over too.. this is just sad all around
Yeah it sucks to have a polar bear killed you just don’t want these things lurking around any sort of population especially a population not expecting to have polar bears around
Man, that poor thing looks emaciated. Probably hadn’t eaten in weeks.
324km distance to Greenland from northwest tip of Iceland. It would be quite difficult to move it that far without the proper expertise and equipment (Churchill MB does this quite often; it’s called the polar bear capital of the world). Still a shame.
It was probably starving after being on a drifting ice flow. They normally eat seals, but there likely wouldn’t be any in the middle of the Denmark Strait.
Rightfully so, those bears are legit threats to humans.
Anyone downvoting this knows nothing of Polar Bears.
Did anyone try to offer it a Coca Cola? Everybody knows that polar bears love Coca Cola the commercials on Christmas said so.Brown bears drink Hamm’s beer and steal picnic baskets and black bears will carjack you.I saw a video of one opening a truck and started rummaging through it for food
Having seen one in the wild while working, they did the right thing. We are not meant to be near each other. Either you are getting killed and eaten or you are killing them in self defense.
Fucking cops, always shooting incredibly dangerous and starving animals in close proximity to vulnerable people. I bet they didn’t even try to deescalate.
Initially, the topic made me raging angry, I understand and support the decision, as tragic and sad as it is.
If they didn’t shoot it the article would’ve read…
“A rare polar bear showed up on the shores of Iceland and attacked the village of (whatever). Multiple dead and wounded.”
FYI: Polar bears are not native to Iceland. No large indigenous terrestrial mammals there.
Growing up, we had a couple show up in town. My father helped capture one. They are WILDLY dangerous. As in, broke down the door of someone’s house because it could smell food inside. Tranquilizing them is dangerous for humans because you have to get pretty close. Air lifting them out is dangerous AF for the animal and sometimes the people. You may not even have a good place to put them near-ish by. It’s really fucking sad. But seems like this was the most sensible move in this instance.
So sad
If you run into one on the ice and it sees you, even if it’s a little dot on the horizon because of how far away it is, doesn’t matter, it will make its way over to you because they consider anything moving to be food.
Was definitely gonna eat that old lady and shit all over her house.
Can confirm /s
It swam for hundreds of miles and then got shot.
Icelandic cops?? Sigh* they’re all the same
Edit: saw the explanation it’s actually reasonable
I mean, polar bears are not to be fucked with…
Fuck them bears
*-Iceland*
Bear was pining for the fyords.
Well, polar bears hunt humans. I can’t exactly blame them.
I guess they no like polar bears. Poor bear, thought he hit jackpot, then found out why he sees no other bears…..
This isn’t really news. It’s the fate of every polar bear that floats over to Iceland. Babies nap on the front porch over there. They’re not used to the threat of predators.
We deserve what’s coming.