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Man ‘shot polar bear and left its body outside his home for five months’

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Christopher Gordon, 35, faces up to a year in prison if convicted of federal crime

Polar bears are spending more time on land in Alaska due to diminishing sea ice
Polar bears are spending more time on land in Alaska due to diminishing sea ice ( Bonnie Jo Mount )

A man has been charged with killing a polar bear and leaving the body to rot outside his home in Alaska for five months.

Christopher Gordon, 35, allegedly shot the animal dead when it ventured into his front yard to try and eat some butchered whale meat.

He then failed to report the polar bear carcass or attempt to “harvest” it for food between December 2018 and May this year.

Gordon also allowed the bear to be covered with snow, which resulted in one of its legs being ripped off by a passing snowplough.

Finally, on 22 May, he burned the carcass at the village dump in Kaktovik.


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