man has been ordered to pay $8,000 to a wildlife conservation foundation after killing a grizzly bear with a bow and arrow during the off-season in 2016. The hunter shot the female bear near Powell River, B.C., during black bear hunting season in September of that year. The man was also fined $1 on top of the payment to the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation, which funds wildlife conservation projects across the province. One month after the grizzly was killed, a family of four bears was killed and dumped on a logging road in northern B.C. grizzly bear expert Lana Ciareniello warned that losing female grizzlies has consequences.

Source: CBC News March 19, 2018 14:48 UTC