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A female brown bear, known as JJ4 or Gaia, that killed a man jogging on a popular mountain path in the northern Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige in April 2023will be relocated to a bear park in the eastern German state of Thuringia, Italian officials say.
The incident shocked Italy and led to heated debate in the country over the animal's future.
What has been decided?
The bear is to be taken to the Worbis Alternative Bear Park by fall, Italian officials said.
The councillor for tourism in the province of Trento, Roberto Failoni, told the daily Corriere del Trentino that the park enclosure first needed to be adapted, a process that would take af few months.
More to follow ...
tj/ (dpa, Reuters)
