Daily Mail.- The first polar bear to swim to Iceland in 15 years has been shot dead by police, sparking an angry row about whether it should have been spared.
The animal – one of the species most endangered by climate change – was killed despite the availablility of knockout drugs that could have spared his life.
Animal welfare groups are enraged over the decision of Icelandic police to kill the beast, instead of loading guns with tranquiliser darts that were less than an hour away.
The bear was spotted nonchalantly strolling along a road near the town of Skagafjördur yesterday morning around 9.30am by a farmer.
