Government Will Ask for Bear’s Remains

Italy’s environment minister will formally ask his German counterpart today for the body of a brown bear killed by a government-sanctioned hunter, a television station reported.

Bruno, part of a project to reintroduce bears to northern Italy, had roamed into Austria and Germany, killed sheep and rabbits, “stole” honey and made headlines across Europe.

Fearing he would one day target humans, officials in the southern state of Bavaria granted permission to kill Bruno, the first wild bear to be seen in Germany since 1835.