Animal rights groups decry ‘brutal’ killing of bear by Italian forestry police

Culling of M90 comes amid ongoing legal battles over how to deal with bears deemed dangerous to humans

Animal rights activists have decried the “brutal” culling of a bear by forestry police in Trentino following orders from the president of the mountainous northern Italian province.

M90, a brown bear, was deemed to be a “danger to public security” after the animal was alleged to have intentionally followed people on three occasions, most recently a couple of hikers who were walking along a mountain path 1,400 metres above the town of Ortisé in the Val di Sole.