I'm sorry Mr. Bear, but I did say so!

The brown bear known as JJ3 (what a sweet name for a bear) became a problem-bear and was shot on Monday in the canton of Grisons (Graubünden).
While foraging for food, he got too close to humans. Not that he was ever aggressive, mind you, just not afraid enough of mankind.

They did try to scare the bear off by firing rubber bullets at him but apparently he just moved on to the next village. So, instead of trying to find a more appropriate solution, the local government had the animal shot.

The problem now, though, is that the bear had an Italian passport. The Italians are up in arms, threatening to put a boycot on Swiss goods and on travel to Switzerland.

Anyway, the authorities in Grisons are just in the process of distributing bear-proof bins?!
So if any other bears wish to try their luck, they are welcome.
They just need to mind their manners.

Just because we shoot bad-mannered bears, doesn't mean that Switzerland can't provide a habitat for them...