Polar bear carcass harvested by hunters after GN conservation officers killed it in Iqaluit

Polar bear carcass harvested by hunters after GN conservation officers killed it in Iqaluit

A polar bear carcass did not go to waste after GN conservation officers killed the animal in Iqaluit’s Sylvia Grennell Territorial Park on the evening of June 9. People coming to the park to see the bear created a safety risk, forcing officers to kill the animal, according to Estela Aguilar, communications manager with the Department of Environment. Rising tides made it unsafe for conservation officers to retrieve the bear’s carcass after it was…