A brown bear continues its escapades across the Italian countryside, eluding capture for a third day after escaping its enclosure in an Alpine region.
Four days previously, authorities captured the bear after attacks on livestock, according to the Associated Press.
It remains unclear just how the bear escaped its electrified enclosure or how it managed to scale a 13-foot-tall barrier. But several have begun showing their support for the bear on Twitter, eliciting international news coverage of the incident.
Clever brown bear wins over the hearts of many in Italy.https://t.co/lYIGFA3zKH
— CBS 21 News (@CBS21NEWS) July 18, 2019
A brown bear in Italy has eluded capture for a third day, following its escape from an electrified enclosure in a forested Alpine region. Appeals mounted urging authorities not to shoot it. https://t.co/ReTzObAH52
— ABC 7 News – WJLA (@ABC7News) July 17, 2019
If you’re wandering in the woods of Trento, Italy, stay alert: M49 brown bear is on the loose and problably hungry https://t.co/nbrOuXsfO5
— Francisco Marques (@FrMarques4655) July 17, 2019
This support prompted Environment Minister Sergio Costa to instruct the Park Service via tweet not to shoot the bear, attempting to avoid a replay of the 2014 death of a bear caused by a tranquilizer dart after the animal had attacked a mushroom hunter in the same region.
