An “aggressive” bear’s nine-month reign of terror over a sleepy Italian mountain village has ended after forest rangers captured the animal and are transporting it to what they describe as “the best home possible.” The bear, three and a half years old and weighing just over 26 stone, was captured in the mountains in the municipality of Tione in the northern Italian province of Trento.
After its capture, the bear, which was said to be in a healthy state, was taken to a nearby animal centre who plan to release it back into its natural habitat soon, according to local media.
The bear, which was designated by rangers as M49 but locally named Papillon, had left a nature reserve in the Italian mountains in July 2019 and since then had been