About a week ago, I essayed a piece on a bear attack in Italy....where a jogger was killed by the bear. So the rest of the story has fallen into place.
Earlier this week, they had the burial of the jogger, and it's consumed a lot of local criticism.
You see....this bear, as noted by DNA....is the sister of 'Bruno' (yeah that 2006 'bad-bear' in Germany).
Bruno? Back in early 2006....for the first time in over 100 years....a bear appeared in the German Alps.
Opinion was mostly split....either it's unsafe to allow a bear to wander around, or it's wonderful that bears have returned to the German landscape.
I'd say for about six weeks....it was more positive than negative. He wasn't really a German bear....he was believed to be from the Italy/Slovakia region.
Eventually, Bavarian leadership finally said 'enough' and hired bear-hunters from Finland to come down and rid them of the problem.
For about a month, this Finn-hunter show went on, and it was more of an accidental hunt than a serious effort. I've always thought someone would make a comedy out of the whole story.
After around a month, the Finn guys were dismissed, and the Bavarians just said any German could now hunt 'Bruno' down, and within 24 hours....'Bruno' was dead.
It would later be argued where 'Bruno' was shot.....which district owned 'Bruno' remains, and how Bavaria had to take charge....bringing his body to Munich to be stuffed and put into a museum.
At some point around 2014, I happened to be in Munich and actually saw the 'Bruno' display.
This all bringing back up the good-bear versus bad-bear discussion? Well....yeah. And it consumes a lot of intellect, BS, and moderated discussions.
Luckily, this is not a bear attack on German soil, and it's mostly Italian engaged in this debate.
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