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15-year hunting ban and $10K penalty for man who baited, killed B.C. grizzly

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 29 Apr, 2024 11:22 AM
  • 15-year hunting ban and $10K penalty for man who baited, killed B.C. grizzly

The service says in a social media post that a decision from a provincial court judge in Fernie, B.C., this week also ordered the man's rifle be forfeited. 

It says officers launched an investigation in the spring of 2020 after receiving a tip from the public about a man hunting bears using bait near the community of Elkford. 

The service says the investigation took a year, but in 2021 conservation officers apprehended the man shooting a decoy black bear at the site where bait had been placed. 

The investigation also found the man shot and killed a grizzly bear at the bait site and harvested parts from the animal.

The province imposed a ban on hunting grizzly bears in 2017, and the service says evidence gathered during the investigation led to a successful conviction of killing wildlife when it is not open season. 

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