Wednesday, 18. August 2004
Topic: NEWS english - on August 18, 2004 at 6:44:00 PM CEST
Arctic teenagers lasso polar bear
Four Greenland youths who lassoed a swimming polar bear so an impoverished hunter could kill it may have to forfeit the paws and claws he gave them as a trophy, Greenland's KNR radio has reported.
Police are investigating whether the youths broke the law when they caught the bear offshore near the south Greenland village of Saarloq on Sunday, KNR said on its Internet Web site on Wednesday.
Hunting rules in Greenland, which belongs to Denmark, prohibit the use of snares to catch polar bears.
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