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‘Incomprehensible’ killing of popular brown bear in central Italy sparks outrage

The brown bear Amarena crosses a street with her two cubs in San Sebastiano Dei Marsi, central Italy, last week. The bear has been shot dead, prompting outrage
The Marsican brown bear Amarena crosses a street with her cubs in front of a group of people in San Sebastiano Dei Marsi, central Italy, last week. The bear has been shot dead by a man, prompting outrage. Photograph: Gemma Di Pietro/Reuters

Italian politicians and wildlife experts have condemned the fatal shooting of an endangered brown bear, as a search was under way for her two cubs.

Amarena was one of the most popular of the Marsican brown bears in the Abruzzo national park in central Italy, often pictured in and around the area with her offspring.

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