Polar bear euthanized after being found on Gaspé Peninsula
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A polar bear that prompted a stay-at-home warning after it was present in Madeleine-Centre on Quebec’s Gaspé Peninsula was put down by wildlife safety officers, they confirmed on Sunday.
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Round 9 a.m. on Sunday, the Sûreté du Québec indicated that the bear had been neutralized by wildlife safety officers. Sylvain Marois, commander of the southeast district for the wildlife safety company, confirmed the animal was put down, saying it was for public security causes. As a result of the bear was not in its pure habitat, it might have turn into aggressive, Marois stated.
On Saturday, the company had been at a loss to clarify how a polar bear had proven up on the peninsula, forcing residents to remain indoors.
Marois stated the bear might have taken benefit of ice floes to cross the St. Lawrence River. So far as Marois was conscious, this was the primary time wildlife safety officers had noticed a polar bear on the river’s south shore.
A polar bear was noticed within the Minganie Regional County Municipality earlier this month, greater than 200 kilometres northeast of Madeleine-Centre throughout the estuary.
Madeleine-Centre is on the northern finish of the Gaspé Peninsula, about 80 kilometres northwest of Gaspé.
