A rare polar bear showed up on the shores of Iceland. Police shot it
WEB16 hours ago · Updated 10:23 AM PDT, September 20, 2024. LONDON (AP) — A rare polar bear that was spotted outside a cottage in a remote village in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat, authorities said Friday. The bear was killed Thursday afternoon in the northwest of Iceland after police consulted the Environment Agency, which ...
A rare polar bear showed up on the shores of Iceland. Police shot …
WEB16 hours ago · The Associated Press. LONDON -- A rare polar bear that was spotted outside a cottage in a remote village in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat, authorities said Friday. The ...
A rare polar bear showed up on the shores of Iceland. Police shot it
WEB1 day ago · The bear shot on Thursday was the first one seen in the country since 2016. Sightings are relatively rare with only 600 recorded in Iceland since the ninth century. While the bears are a protected ...
Polar bears rarely show up in Iceland, where they’re protected.
WEB16 hours ago · A polar bear was spotted outside a cottage in a remote village in Iceland, a rare sight in the island nation. It was shot by police after being considered a threat, authorities said Friday. The ...
More details emerge about Westfjords polar bear - RÚV.is
WEB23 hours ago · Polar bear shot in Westfjords. Þorvalður said that he had felt firsthand the unhappiness of many in Iceland when it came to killing such magnificent animals. "I have unplugged the phone at night, because there are all kinds of people calling because they feel bad about shooting the animals," he says. "I don't really know his life cycle, but ...
Iceland: Police shoot 1st polar bear sighted in years
WEB16 hours ago · 31 minutes ago. 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 ...
A rare polar bear showed up on the shores of Iceland. Police shot it
WEB1 day ago · Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Authorities say a rare polar bear spotted in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat. The bear seen outside a cottage in the northwest of ...
A rare polar bear showed up on the shores of Iceland. Police shot it
WEB1 day ago · This handout photo shows a polar bear that was shot by the police after being considered a threat to people nearby, authorities said, in Westfjords, Iceland, Thursday Sept. 19, 2024. The bear was shot near a summer home in the Westfjords in the north west tip of Iceland. (Ingvar Jakobsson via AP) Ingvar Jakobsson/AP
Report of a polar bear in Jökulfjörður - Iceland Monitor
WEB1 day ago · News | Iceland Monitor | Thu 19 Sep 2024 | 14.42 GMT. A little while ago, law and order received a report that a white bear had come ashore on Höfðaströnd in Jökulfjörður in the Westfjords ...
Polar Bear Killed Near Cabin in Westfjords After Close Encounter
WEB1 day ago · By Ragnar Tómas. Photo: Screenshot from RÚV / the coast guard unloads the body of a polar bear from a helicopter. September 20, 2024. An 83-year-old woman spotted a polar bear near her summer cabin in Höfðaströnd in the Westfjords, Vísir reports. The authorities put the animal down as they lacked the means to tranquillise it.