He was broken down on February 2013 by Swiss authorities of Cantone Grigioni as he was thought to be a threat for men.
The bear used to live in the Italian territory, in Trentino, but unfortunately he didn't know the state borders...
In 2012 his brother, called M12, died in a car crash in Bolzano area.
At the beginning of winter M13 had been captured by the forest rangers, who examined and measured him and then equipped him with a radio collar to monitor his movements.
Sadly, during the hibernation the collar came off and when M13 awoke he headed towards Switzerland searching for food.
He was betrayed by a winter made too short by global warming. As he woke up too early, hunger drove him close to population centers. His lack of fear of humans and the obtuseness of Swiss local governments did the rest...
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