Motkoski was charged in June 2016 after Fish and Wildlife officers were notified by fRI Research that a collar put on grizzly bear No. 141 in Jasper National Park had stopped working near Edson, about 200 kilometres west of Edmonton. Gordon Stenhouse, a scientist with the fRI Research grizzly bear program, said he also had higher expectations. Officials with Jasper National Park declined to comment. Should those attitudes continue, he said it's unlikely that future generations will see grizzly bears anywhere other than the most remote areas of the national parks.

Source: CBC News September 22, 2017 13:58 UTC