Person fined after using foghorn to wake sleeping polar bear
Under local regulations in the region, "it is forbidden to needlessly disturb, attract or pursue a polar bear".
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"its occupants are said to have spotted a polar bear sleeping on land"
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Under local regulations in the region, "it is forbidden to needlessly disturb, attract or pursue a polar bear".
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