A court in the north Italian province of Trentino has suspended an order to put down a 17-year-old female bear thatAndrea Papi, who died on 7 April and whose funeral was held on Wednesday, was the first person inPapi suffered deep wounds to the neck, arms and chest, and an autopsy carried out last week concluded that he had been attacked by a bear, identified by prosecutors as JJ4.
This is the second time the court has overturned an order for JJ4 to be put down. The first ruling dates to 2020, after the bear attacked and injured two hikers, a father and son, on Mount Peller. “We are glad that the administrative court suspended the order to kill the bear,” she said. “You can’t kill these animals, but [we must] start working on a project to live with them.’’