offices of Trentino
The bear was stunned and captured.
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A bear attacked a 24-year-old police officer in a mountain village in the Italian Alps. When the man was taking his girlfriend for an evening walk before starting work at Andalo, a bear came out of the bushes, sniffed at him, bit and scratched him.
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The Venice-born Carabiniere was thrown to the ground and suffered several, but not serious, injuries, local authorities announced on Sunday.
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During the night, the bear was captured while he was looking for food in garbage cans. Neither the light nor the presence of people seemed to bother the approximately two-year-old animal, it was said.
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Confident bear
In all likelihood, it is M57, an animal weighing 121 kilos and around two and a half years old, which has already attracted attention several times in the past few months because of its lack of shyness in front of humans. The bear had followed hikers in the forests of the Paganella plateau, raided the villages and rummaged repeatedly in the garbage cans in search of food.
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Over the next few days, genetic analyzes will be carried out on the clothes the attacked person was wearing to determine whether it is really M57.
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Too many bears for local residents
The incident occurred on Saturday evening on a lakeshore in Andalo in the province of Trentino south of German-speaking South Tyrol. There, bears are a growing concern. In the Trentino, the predators were reintroduced years ago with a protection program. They reproduced well, so that around 90 animals should now live there. For some residents that is too much.
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Again and again there are encounters between humans and animals. A bear attacked and injured his father and son on Monte Peller in June. She was then captured, put on a collar that sent radio signals, and then released. Another bear, also called «Papillon , has already escaped twice. Meanwhile, his collar no longer sends a radio signal. (gf / SDA)
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