While trying to find land, this polar bear had swam more than 200 miles. The Icelandic Police felt that it posed a threat to humans so they shot it dead and then proudly sat behind it to take a picture. The environment minister gave the OK to shot the polar bear because he said that "the correct tranquiliser would have taken 24 hours to be flown in". This was disputed by the cheif vet in town when he claimed that "he had the drugs necessary to immobilize the bear in the boot of his car".The sad part of this is that this is an endangered animal that has not been seen in Iceland in 15 years. Thanks to global warming, the polar bear had no ice to land on while making the trip. It's sad that people take so much pride (as taking a picture with the dead bear) in killing.
Update: Youtube has taken the video of the killing off their sight. It should be there so people can see how horrific this senseless killing is and maybe we can stop it. The U.S. Geological Survey states that two thirds of the polar bears will be gone by 2050 (that is more than 16,000 animals).
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