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Villagers and museums wrangle over bear's body

Bruno the bear: released to the Italian Alps, meets grizzly end in Germany.

The corpse of Bruno the bear is in high demand, but will probably end up as a teaching tool.

Read the story here.

Posted by Nicola Jones on July 5, 2006 06:23 PM |

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Posted by: sohbet | August 30, 2007 10:25 PM

I liked bruno and I hope that bewarians prime-minister Stoiber never find the "problem-bear".

Posted by: Toner Druckerpatronen | September 1, 2007 08:33 PM

I find this to be a very interesting story. On the news today, as well, I hear that they say 6 in 10 species are going extinct. 6 in 10!!? That's a HUGE number. Mostly due to poaching and hunting, apparently. This still seems to be the main issue with conservation.
Bears are on the top of the list too, and I find it interesting how Bruno went rogue. It is a good lesson learnt for all, I think. Perhaps, next time, there's a heck of a lot that really needs to be done differently. We should see this as a significant learning curve, though.

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Posted by: Druckertoner | December 1, 2007 01:15 PM

thank you Bears are on the top of the list too, and I find it interesting how Bruno went rogue. It is a good lesson learnt for all, I think. Perhaps, next time, there's a heck of a lot that really needs to be done differently. We should see this as a significant learning curve, though.

Posted by: Estetik | January 3, 2008 11:47 PM

Will it be given as a whole to one and only one owner or will it be chopped into several parts and distributed to more than one owner? I hope it will remain as one. A bear corpse is seldom found nowadays.

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