A court in Trentino has decided that the bear Gaia should not be shot for the time being. Cristina Lapis runs Europe’s largest bear sanctuary in Romania and says she would adopt Gaia.
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Marcel Lascus
First she should be shot, then decided on Friday morning according to the Italian newspaper La Stampa a court: The hunt for brown bear Gaia is suspended. Earlier this week, DNA analyzes revealed that the bear must have attacked and killed 26-year-old Italian jogger Andrea Papi in Val di Sole in Trentino almost two weeks ago. The authorities then released them for shooting. What will happen to Gaia after the court order is uncertain. Cristina Lapis pleads for a rescue of the bear. Since 1997, the 68-year-old and her husband have been running the Zărnești bear sanctuary in Romania, which is home to 118 brown bears that depend on human help. She has a suggestion on how to deal with the bear.