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OTTAWA — Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq is raising a ruckus in social media circles after posting a photo of a freshly killed polar bear on Twitter with the caption: “Enjoy!!”

And she did so while in Moscow where she is celebrating the 40th anniversary of an agreement on the conservation of polar bears.

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Aglukkaq, an Inuk who was raised on the land, was relaying a message from someone in Arctic Bay, on Baffin Island, who boasted this week that his cousin had “caught his first polar bear” and included a photo of the dead, glassy-eyed carnivore.

Messages of protest and support quickly followed Aglukkaq’s post.

“Really?? That is disgusting!” commented one follower.