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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: 1st Bear in Germany in 170 Years Makes Timely Escape


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A hunter takes aim from a hunting stand near Fuerstenwalde, Germany, on May 23. Authorities in the German state of Bavaria announced that a brown bear found there should be either captured or shot after the animal killed six sheep and raided a chicken coop. The brown bear was the first bear spotted in Germany in more than 170 years.

Photograph © Patrick Pleul/epa/Corbis