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A bear classified as dangerous has been shot in the Italian Alps. Forestry officials shot the two-and-a-half-year-old predator on Tuesday in the province of Trento, local authorities announced on Wednesday.

According to them, he moved with “excellent confidence” near cities. On January 28, ‘M90’ tracked hikers from a distance of about 500 meters, prompting the Institute for Nature Conservation and Environmental Research (ISPRA) to immediately call for its take down.

Regional President Maurizio Fugatti gave his approval for this. He had already advocated limiting the bear population last year after a bear killed a jogger on a hiking trail in the same region on April 7. After the “M90” was shot, the animal protection organization OIPA condemned the “blind and anti-animal policy” of the Trent authorities.

Between 1996 and 2004, the Northern Italian province pursued the goal of making bears feel at home in Northern Italy again with the ‘Life Ursus’ programme. 50 bears were supposed to settle there, but now there are many more. In total, 120 to 200 bears live in Italy, mainly in Trento and Abruzzo in the center of the country. (sda/afp)