OPINION: Outrageous and worrying that a bear can be killed in a protected area

IT is unbelievable that someone could be so cruel to murder an endangered bear.

If a local farmer is upset that some of his livestock has been killed, killing a bear on a nature reserve is not going to rally people around his cause or solve the problem.

But what is equally as worrying is that someone was able to bring a weapon to a protected area, shoot an animal dead and get away scot-free.

Hopefully authorities at the Muniellos Nature Reserve are looking into improving their security measures!