L.A. Times Spotlights Grizzly Killing

The Los Angeles Times is the latest national mediate organization to take note of the reaction from the shooting of a 2YO grizzly by Jeremy Hill of Porthill (near Bonners Ferry). In an article this morning, reporter Kim Murphy writes: “To understand the deep rift over federal regulation of endangered species, one only had to sit in the stands of the annual 4-H auction at the Boundary County Fairgrounds in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, last month, when 14-year-old Jasmine Hill’s handsome pig, Regina, went up for sale.” Murphy then goes on to describe how the pig was sold again and again to raise money for Hill’s defense in the federal case against him, which later was resolved via plea deal for a $1000 fine . You can read L.A. Times story here (News Bonners Ferry photo/Mike Weland — Jeremy Hill’s father, Mike Hill, left, and County Commission Chair Ron Smith (right) spoke with reporters following Jeremy Hill’s arraignment August 23 in Coeur d’Alene. )

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