Activists call on Amazon to stop selling bear traps after 3-legged bears found in NC

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On the first Saturday in June, National Black Bear Day recognizes the most commonly found bear in North America. 

A group from western North Carolina wants Amazon to stop selling bear traps online after reports of several bears in the Asheville area missing limbs.

A petition on the Change.org website calls on the online retail giant and owner Jeff Bezos to stop selling the steel-jaw traps, snares and bear attractant.

The petition, started Jan. 1, has gotten more than 9,000 signatures as of Tuesday morning. It’s from a group called Help Asheville Bears, which has shared photos of bears in the North Carolina mountains with missing limbs.

Clatchy News has reached out rop is also offering a $50,000 reward to help find who is using bear traps in the Asheville area, the organization said.

It is illegal…

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