(ANSA) - ROME, 29 LUG - Forest rangers on Wednesday managed
to capture and put a tracking collar on an animal that is
suspected of being one of two dangerous bears currently causing
concern in the province of Trento.
The bear, a female accompanied by three cubs that was
subsequently released, is suspected of being the animal that
attacked two men on June 22.
A legal challenge blocked an order by the provincial government
for the bear to be eliminated.
It will only be possible to know if the bear is the same one
that attacked the men after the results of tests comparing its
DNA to samples taken from the clothes of the victims of the
attack.
The other case regards a bear known as M49, which has escaped
from its enclosed area at a wildlife park at Casteller, south of
Trento, for the second time.
That bear, which is also nicknamed Papillon, was captured for
the first time last year after killing livestock. (ANSA).
Rangers put tracking collar on suspected dangerous bear
One of two bears causing concern in province of Trento