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.

  • NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz
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    2 months ago

    If you’re going to regularly shoot a polar bear every 8 years, that seems like you’re starting a new tradition rather than following a policy.

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      2 months ago

      Polar bears hunt humans for food. You cannot scare them away, you and your loved ones are prey. You will not win a fight against them, they are too big and too strong.

      Unless you are fine being dinner, then yes, the polar bear is getting shot.

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        2 months ago

        I side with the bears. We have enough humans.

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          2 months ago

          Cool, go out there and volunteer to be their dinner.

          Always some edgelord commenting on “we need less humans”, never willing to be the less human themselves though.

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          2 months ago

          Somehow it’s always the case when it’s other people. Somehow I don’t expect you to allow yourself to be killed and eaten