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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Margherita d'Amico

Italian governor steps up his battle against bears in Trentino region

The bear JJ4 pictured in 2020 after being sedated to be fitted with a radio collar
JJ4 pictured in 2020. The bear’s fate will be decided on 25 May – campaigners say it did not kill Andrea Papi. Photograph: ANSA/AFP/Getty Images

For several weeks, Italians have been following with bated breath the escalation of Maurizio Fugatti’s battle against the bears that populate the mountains of the northern Trentino region of which he is governor.

Captures, imprisonments, deportations and death sentences have followed one another to the chagrin of national public opinion and government inertia. In Trentino, there have been demonstrations for and against the bears.

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