Resident charged with killing bear after hunting season ends

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A Massachusetts resident has been charged with illegally killing a mother black bear with a bow and arrow after hunting season had ended

ASHBURNHAM, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts resident has been charged with illegally killing a mother black bear with a bow and arrow after hunting season ended.

Massachusetts Environmental Police said in aFacebook postWednesday that the killing happened in late 2021 in Ashburnham while the bear was eating birdseed in person’s backyard.

Officers who went to the home saw two yearling bear cubs, one in the truck bed with the deceased bear and another nearby. The agency and MassWildlife biologists said the two yearling cubs were big enough and old enough to survive on their own. The ran off not long after the officers arrived at the home.https://0f7cd576e7e13da8ad74479f50eaa3d6.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html

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