Environment ministry stops radio collar

(ANSA) - Rome, September 18 - Italy's environment ministry announced via Twitter on Thursday that is has put a stop on the practice of radio-collaring the bear population.
    "The Environment Ministry has stopped the radio-collaring of bears during anesthetization. A clarification is needed after #Daniza", the ministry tweeted, referring to the recent deadly botched capture of a bear hunted after cuffing a mushroom hunter.
    The brown bear, Daniza, died after having received an accidental overdose of tranquillizers when forestry personal in Trentino attempted to capture her.
    The bear's death triggered widespread outrage with many questioning why officials wanted to tranquilize and capture the mother bear.