A man from West Vancouver, B.C., has been charged with one count of feeding dangerous wildlife and one count of attracting dangerous wildlife after video surfaced of a family hand-feeding black bears from their home in 2018. Another video shows a man, who appears to be their father, feed an adult-sized bear a full package of crackers through a screen door. In 2019, 542 black bears and 26 grizzlies were killed by conservation officers in B.C. Conservation officers said the man had been posting pictures on social media of himself feeding bears along the Alaska Highway since 2017. The West Vancouver man is expected to appear in North Vancouver Provincial Court on July 29.

Source: CBC News July 03, 2020 00:33 UTC