A hunter from South Carolina was ordered to pay $10,000 in fines and $2,000 in court costs after having been found guilty of illegally killing a grizzly bear in Northern Manitoba in 2017.
Carl Brown Jr. was sentenced for the illegal killing on March 29.
Manitoba Sustainable development was tipped off that a visiting licensed hunter had killed a grizzly bear while hunting in Northern Manitoba in June 2015, said a March 31 news release from the provincial government. The officers investigated and found the remains of a bear. DNA testing confirmed that it was a grizzly bear, which is considered protected under the Endangered Species and Ecosystems Act. Brown was charged in 2015 with killing an extirpated (no longer found in its former range) species.
Grizzly bears are mainly found in B.C., Alberta, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. They used to be found as far east as the Red River valley but had disappeared from Manitoba until a number of sightings in recent years in the province’s north.
People with information about illegal hunting activities can call their local Manitoba Sustainable Development office or the Turn In Poachers (TIP) line at 1-800-782-0076.
