Italian bear removed to sanctuary after bakery break-in takes the biscuit

Marina Valentini, owner of the Dolci Momenti: ‘The bear must have smelled the biscuits wafting down the street.’ Photograph: Chris Warde-Jones/The Guardian

Marina Valentini is still bewildered as she surveys the scene of the crime, pointing to the floor of her bakery in Roccaraso, a small mountain town and ski resort in Italy’s Abruzzo region, where the crumbs of her freshly made biscuits were scattered.

“My husband had popped to the bakery,” she said. “I was at home, expecting him for dinner, when he called and said: ‘Marina, there’s a bear in the bakery’. My first response was: ‘Have you been drinking?’”