Reward offered for grizzly shooter
A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the person who shot a grizzly bear and her nursing cub in North Idaho.
The dead adult grizzly was discovered last Friday morning by a hiker on Hall Mountain in Boundary County, northwest of U.S. Highway 95. A search of the remote area turned up the dead cub.
Both bears appeared to have been dead for several days, wildlife officials said.
The case is troubling because it does not appear to be accidental, said Jason Holm, a spokesman for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The shooting of the cub is especially “a callous act that any sportsman would find appalling,” Holm said. Read more.
Why would anyone do such a thing?
