BREAKING NEWS
By Max Matza in Seattle
BBC News
Police in Canada are investigating the bizarre theft of a taxidermy polar bear weighing some 500lb (225kg) from a resort shut to Edmonton.
The bear, standing some 12ft (3.6m) substantial, is believed to were snatched during the frosty snap in early January with temperatures shut to -30C (-22F).
It used to be reported stolen on 22 January by the operators of the Lily Lake Resort, according to police.
The final public has been requested to build an stare out for the huge stuffed bear.
The resort is positioned in Sturgeon County, about 30 miles (50km) north of Edmonton.
According to investigators, the resort noticed a “an identical incidence” final August when two taxidermy raccoons were stolen from the property during a rupture-in.
The price of all three taxidermy animals is approximately C$35,000 (£21,000; $26,000), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police deliver.
It is unclear if the circumstances are linked.
Image supply, RCMP handout
Two raccoons that were stolen during a rupture in over the summer season
A resort worker informed The Globe and Mail that the resort has 24-hour safety patrols, but they were cancelled that night time resulting from the bitter frosty.
Wanda Rowe informed the newspaper that the thieves nick the cables that secured the bear, and dragged it outside the put they perchance had a automobile waiting.
“It 100% had to be deliberate,” acknowledged Ms Rowe.
Alberta RCMP Constable Kelsey Davidge described the crime as “The Heist of the Enormous Polar Bear”, according to the paper.
She informed residents to build a lookout, in case the thieves are attempting to sell it online.
“That could stick out correct away, if you noticed that anyplace, correct?” she acknowledged.
Hunting polar bears, which principally live in Arctic areas, is sincere in Canada’s northern territories.
It is strictly regulated by environmental officials, who estimate that the country is residence to spherical 16,000 polar bears – approximately two-thirds of the international inhabitants of the species.
