ROME (AP) — The slaying of an endangered brown bear near an Italian national park left her two young cubs motherless and sparked outrage on Friday in Italy. Voicing anger and dismay over the killing of the bear in the mountainous Abruzzo region were Italy's environment minister and animal rights advocates. Locals, including families with small children, would stop and watch the bear and her cubs on the animal family's frequent evening excursions through streets of towns near the park. The National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise described the slain animal, nicknamed Amarena — or Black Cherry in Italian — as one of its most prolific brown bears.

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