Alaska: video shows father and son boasting after illegally killing bear and cubs
Source: The Guardian
Alaska: video shows father and son boasting after illegally killing bear and cubs
The footage released by the Humane Society shows the two men shoot into the den as the cubs can be heard screaming
Erin Durkin in New York
Thu 28 Mar 2019 20.21 GMT
Surveillance video showing an Alaska father and son illegally killing a black bear and her shrieking cubs after locating them as they hibernated – and then boasting that they would never be caught – has been made public.
The video released by the Humane Society shows Andrew Renner and his son Owen on skis approaching the bear den on Esther Island in Prince William Sound, and then illegally shooting the three bears inside.
The slaughter took place in April last year and the Alaska department of public safety released the video on Thursday in response to a public records request from the Humane Society, according to local TV station KTTU.
A wildlife camera had been set up to monitor these particular bears because they were part of a study, according to the Humane Society.
The footage shows the father and shirtless son shoot into the den, as the cubs can be heard screaming. They yank out the dead mother bear and then exchange high fives. “They’ll never be able to link it to us, I don’t think,” one of the men can be heard saying.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/28/father-son-kill-bear-cubs-alaska-video