ROME – A bear attacked and killed a jogger on a woodland path in northwest Italy, the primary case of its sort, a supply near the case instructed AFP Friday.
Andrea Papi, 26, was killed out operating Wednesday within the mountainous area close to his village, Caldes, within the Trentino area, mentioned the supply.
His household raised the alarm when he didn’t return and a search staff discovered his physique in a single day.
He had suffered deep wounds to the neck, arms and chest and an post-mortem carried out on Friday concluded he had been attacked by a bear, the supply added, confirming Italian news studies.
Already in March, a person had been attacked by a bear in the identical area, launching a debate on the risks posed by the animals, which have been reintroduced there between 1996 and 2004.
The native authority has determined to trace and kill the animal, as soon as it had been recognized, Trentino area president Maurizio Fugatti instructed reporters Friday night.
Environmental group WWF had already acknowledged that it wanted to be put down.
But Annamaria Procacci a former ecologist deputy who now works with the animal welfare group ENPA, denounced the dearth of precautions taken by native officers.
Bears usually saved their distance from individuals, she argued.
The native authority had to make sure that individuals have been avoided zones the place feminine bears have been elevating their cubs, she added. —Agence France-Presse
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