Italian Court Spares Bears That Killed Runner and Injured Dog Walker

An Italian court suspended the order to euthanize a bear that fatally attacked a runner in April.
The court wants more details on the dynamics of the attack before deciding the bear's fate in a December hearing.
Animal rights groups are challenging the order to kill the bear and want to send her to a refuge instead.
The court also suspended the cull order for another bear that injured a dog walker in March.
The bear population in northern Italy was repopulated through an EU-funded program that brought bears from Slovenia in 1999.