Bruno, the first bear in Germany for 170 years, is killed

The Chief took note of the first wild bear in Germany since the 1830’s. After repeated efforts to deal non-lethaly with the problem, the Polizei called in Finnish hunters to try to tranq the bear, but he never returned to previous sighting locations, and was starting to feel at ease in human settings. Ooops! Bad move!

A young brown bear that rampaged its way across the German and Austrian Alps and provoked diplomatic tensions between several countries was shot dead yesterday. A hunter in Bavaria stalked the bear, known as Bruno, and killed it after lengthy and expensive attempts to capture it and send it to a zoo failed.

There is one amusing aspect to this that COULD have resulted in lessening the infestation of animal-rights wackos, had things turned out differently.

After the orders to shoot Bruno, animal rights campaigners said they would dress up as bears and range the forests in an attempt to confuse hunters so that the real bear could get away. But their efforts failed to spare Bruno.

Too bad – the hunters got the real bear before these candidates for the Darwin Awards were able to achieve their goal.