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Once again polar bear shot in self defence

Posted on 21. April 2013 by Rolf Stange

After a polar bear had alrea­dy been shot in self defence in late March, a simi­lar inci­dent occur­red only a few weeks later in Isbuk­ta on the sou­thern east coast of Spits­ber­gen. Two per­sons ski­ing Spits­ber­gen „på langs“ (the who­le north-south distance of the main island) were cam­ping on the ice in Isbuk­ta when a bear came near and tur­ned out to be impos­si­ble to sca­re away by noi­se and other means. The two felt threa­tened and shot the bear.

The bear was young and with a weight of 119 kg eit­her not ful­ly grown or not well fed or a com­bi­na­ti­on of both.

As the case from March, the inci­dent will rou­ti­nely be inves­ti­ga­ted by the local poli­ce (Sys­sel­man­nen). Polar bears are com­ple­te­ly pro­tec­ted in Spits­ber­gen and may only be shot in self defence. The Sys­sel­man­nen has alrea­dy men­tio­ned that the cir­cum­s­tan­ces point towards a case of legal self defence.

Polar bear on the east coast of Spits­ber­gen.

polar bear shot - polar bear on the east coast of Spitsbergen.

Source: Sys­sel­man­nen

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