animal has made a bid for freedom — it first escaped in July 2019 after climbing three electric fences and a four-metre barrier and vanishing into the woods.
M49 was captured in April but just two months later escaped again. When it was brought back to the wildlife centre for a second time its enclosure was reinforced and it was fitted with a radio collar.But that didn't stop the bear, and in late July it managed to remove its tracking collar and escape for the third time.
It's spent the last 42 days roaming the province of Trentino while authorities desperately tried to track it down.The huge animal is believed to have killed livestock during its previous escapes, although it hasn't shown aggression toward humans,The bear has been.
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