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Iceland: Police shoot 1st polar bear sighted in years

Iceland: Police shoot 1st polar bear sighted in years – DW – 09/20/2024

https://www.dw.com/en/iceland-police-shoot-1st-polar-bear-sighted-in-years/a-70287266

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.

Iceland: Police shoot 1st polar bear sighted in years – DW – 09/20/2024

37 comments

homesweethomeMrL

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Here in the states, we shot a gorilla once.

It, uh, . . . It didn’t go very well for a long time after that.

Personally I’d recommend some other approach. But that’s just me.

thenextguy

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Build a wall?

homesweethomeMrL

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Wall, net, alert system, radar, video feeds, traps of some sort to relocate the bear to [some sort of arctica].

There are solutions where the bear doesn't get shot, obviously. They just cost money. That's all.

And there's the rub.

Subtracty

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Well, now I'm sad.

nutsack

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humans do not deserve animals

TransplantedSconie

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This is going to be increasing in the coming years. The ice is melting, and they will be forced onto land to look for food.

badlilbean

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https://news.ucsc.edu/2013/03/polar-bear-genomics.html

Polar bear brown bear hybridization

Maggoty

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That's a lot of justification for killing something that can go fishing for food.

SkaveRat

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polar bears will absolutely hunt humans for food without a second thought. And you will not be able to outrun them or scare them away.

This one came quite close to homes, which is a reason for almost all towns with polar bears in the area to shoot them.

That this bear was the first in quite a while is a sad thing, but it's understandable that the town doesn't want a bear mauling people for a snack

meco03211

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If it's black, fight back. If it's brown, lie down. If it's white, good night.

SkaveRat

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FlyingSquid

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Except that's not how Polar Bears prefer to hunt. They prefer to hunt by holes over pack ice, where they wait for animals like seals to surface for air. When there's no pack ice, which is what is happening thanks to global warming, they hunt for whatever they can on land. And if that land is inhabited by humans, that means humans.

I would say the potential to kill and eat humans, including infants, is excellent justification.

Does it suck that this is our fault to begin with? Absolutely. That doesn't mean that human lives should be put at risk as well.

SatansMaggotyCumFart

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So polar bears are basically dingos?

ripcord

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...no?

SatansMaggotyCumFart

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No but also yes.

ripcord

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But almost entirely no.

SatansMaggotyCumFart

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A polar bear ate my baby!

ripcord

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Also not true!

killingspark

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Dingos would hunt at packice holes if they had access to them?

SatansMaggotyCumFart

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Yes.

porous_grey_matter

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I wouldn't say it's sufficient justification, to be honest. I guess it depends on the population to some degree. But since we caused this problem, I would say moving even a whole village out of polar bear habitat is worth the cost of shooting even one, and we can suppose there will be more to come. I think we have a responsibility to get the hell out of their space, even at a huge cost to us.

FlyingSquid

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Sorry... you think an entire village needs to be moved when a polar bear is seen in Iceland? How would that even work?

porous_grey_matter

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What do you mean how would that work? Polar bear habitat is declared national park, inhabitants get assistance moving elsewhere. Extremely expensive? Yes. Complicated? Not really.

I get that people aren't gonna go for this, but I stand by the position that it would be the ethically correct thing, and we should be honest with ourselves that we are compromising on that.

FlyingSquid

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Did you even read the headline of this article? This is the first polar bear seen in Iceland since 2016. They swim.

Where exactly is this habitat supposed to be? The entire coast?

todd_bonzalez

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If humans had any respect at all for the natural world, they'd feed themselves to the bear.

FlyingSquid

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Okay, we'll put you down as part of the "children should be eaten by bears if they had any respect for the natural world" faction.

acosmichippo

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but can they actually go fishing for food? If a wild animal is wandering into human territory, there is usually a resource-limiting reason for it.

ShareMySims

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ACAB

lanolinoil

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cubs? disagree

thenextguy

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All cops are bears

NoForwardslashS

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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.

BombOmOm

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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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nick

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Yet again, fuck off bitchbot.