Posted on 07/30/2018 5:48:28 PM PDT by Simon Green
Norwegian authorities on Monday defended the actions of guards from a German cruise ship that killed a polar bear that had attacked and injured a crew member, saying they at first tried to scare it away. Police spokesman Ole Jakob Malmo said two members of the 12-man crew that set foot on the most northern island of the Svalbard archipelago ahead of tourists on Saturday first tried to ward off the bear "by shouting and making loud noises as well as firing a signal pistol, but to no effect."
A 42-year-old German man who was not identified sustained minor head injuries from the attack, Malmo said.
The incident sparked international outrage, with animal rights activists saying that it was wrong to begin with to let tourists from the MS Bremen cruise ship encroach upon territory known as a habitat for the vulnerable species.
The German cruise ship operator Hapag Lloyd Cruises said on its Facebook page that the purpose of the landing on Svalbard was not "to serve the purpose of polar bear observation, on the contrary: polar bears are only observed from aboard ships, from a safe distance."
British comedian Ricky Gervais took to Twitter to call the tourists "morons," while another user, Jane Roberts, said that if such tourism was banned, guards "wouldn't be needed to protect gawking tourists & polar bears would be left in peace & not shot dead merely to satisfy a photo op."
The archipelago between mainland Norway and the North Pole is known for its stunning snow-covered mountains, fjords and glaciers, and is a popular cruise ship destination. An estimated 60 percent of the archipelago is covered with ice, and its 3,000 polar bears are said to outnumber the human population, BBC News reports.
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Good enough for me. Eff the enviro-wackos and the un-funny comedians!
At least it didn’t choke on a plastic straw.
From the picture the evidence is clear. The bear knew too much about Hillary and Bill so they had him killed.
Do these morons know that polar bears are real bears and real dangerous and not stuffed animal toys?
Occasionally we see lists of words that some think should be banned.
I’m tired of the misuse, and overuse, of ‘outrage’.
Throw Ricky Gervais at a polar bear. Can’t stand the stupid Brit twit anyway
More outrage! Outrage upon outrage! Furious outrage, incendiary outrage, white-hot outrage!
Liberals are absolutely outraged, at everything!
Makes no difference, but that makes them even more outraged!
$$$$$$$, or to be more precise, €€€€€€€.
One would think those Krauts had killed enough Norwegians during WWII.
They could have at least ate him.
Polar Bears.....the friendly greeters of the North.
I understand how easily one can miss seeing a 1000lb white bear on an open sandy beach. It may have ambushed the crewman from behind a chunk of driftwood.
That sounds like “reasonable journalism control” to me.
First they need to make journalists get licenses and register their
media equipment, subject to revocation for misuse.
More outrage! Outrage upon outrage! Furious outrage, incendiary outrage, white-hot outrage!
Liberals are absolutely outraged, at everything!
Makes no difference, but that makes them even more outraged!
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Liberals are an outrageous bunch of pests.
“Never get off the boat”. (’Apocalypse Now’ of course!)
She was 18 when this video was made.
One polar bear dies and they are outraged. Millions of babies aborted and they are silent.
Mmmmm.....Polar Bear Pie.
That’s some good eating.
He had a right to bear arms.
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