Authorities say a rare polar bear spotted in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat.
  • BrikoX@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
    122·
    2 months ago

    The bear was killed Thursday afternoon in the northwest of Iceland after police consulted the Environment Agency, which declined to have the animal relocated, Westfjords Police Chief Helgi Jensson told The Associated Press.

    Environment Agency is to blame here, not the cops.

    • Nakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      Environment agency is just another type of cop. Not that policing environmental regulations is necessarily bad but they are still literally cops dude.

      • BrikoX@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
        4·
        2 months ago

        If they were park rangers, sure, but a random career government bureaucrat has no enforcement authority here.