Fish and Wildlife are trying to locate person who killed a grizzly near Claresholm. Photo from Alberta Fish and Wildlife Facebook page
The Alberta Fish and Wildlife are asking for the public’s assistance in locating person who killed a grizzly bear west of Claresholm.
On November 25, Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Services received a complaint from a hunter who discovered a grizzly bear carcass northeast of Honey Coulee in the Porcupine Hills Public Land Use Zone, west if Claresholm.
Fish and Wildlife officers attended the scene, and it was determined that the grizzly bear had been shot and killed days before the report, possibly sometime between November 8 and 20.
The province’s recreational grizzly bear hunting season was officially closed in 2006, due to concerns over declining population numbers, and Hunting grizzly bears is an offence under the Wildlife Act.
As a result, Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Services is asking anyone with information or may have observed any suspicious activity in the area during this time to call Report A Poacher at 1-800-642-3800.
People are also able to report online at alberta.ca/report-poacher.
Reports can be anonymous, and information resulting in charges may be eligible for cash reward.
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