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I agree, what a cunt. Don't blame them hunting humans. Our destruction of the planet is making their normal hunting increasingly difficult.
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English speaking media covered the story well, but focused on the exciting 'into the wilderness' aspect of it. Of the articles I could find just now, all seem to omit that the incident was subject to a police investigation and that the tourist was found culpable and fined for negligence.
The local media has plenty more nuance, often leading with a photo of the dead polar bear pointing out that she was a young female (implying we've lost out on plenty of future cubs).
starfish&coffee
Not quite. The polar bear doesn't know that we are a food source so won't normally bother with the tiny, textile clad creatures it sees far away the on horizon from time to time. But if they come up close and take a bite just to test if we're any good, they will immediately learn that they have found a great source of protein that is much easier to hunt than seals. So from then on they will actively hunt for humans and in Svalbard that means they will find the habitated areas within not too long. This is why the official policy is that a polar bear that has had their first taste of human flesh must be killed immediately.
While on the topic, this tourist is a cunt for not setting up proper security around his tent. The bear that bit him had to die to protect the resident human population.