Authorities say a rare polar bear spotted in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat.

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No dogs around, so these intrepid cops adapted to the situation and got the job done using what was available

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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.

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

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

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the headline writers are to blame here, not the commenters

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dicks out for polambe

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Cops not being a bastard challenge level impossible

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You ever heard the word cattle?

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IT’S COMING RIGHT FOR US

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