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Pumpkin the bear “will have to be euthanized” after killing goat, Hanson police say
BY NEAL RILEY
NOVEMBER 2, 2023 / 10:35 AM EDT / CBS BOSTON
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HANSON – Police in Hanson say they have no choice but to kill a bear known as “Pumpkin.”
The black bear “has gotten a taste for livestock” and killed a goat inside a barn Wednesday night, police said. It’s the second time Pumpkin has attacked livestock, police said, even though the owners had an electric fence and reinforced barn doors.
Officers tracked the bear for more than two hours after the incident but could not take a shot at the bear because they were in a residential area.
The bear got his nickname back in September after he was seen snacking on a pumpkin in a resident’s yard.
“Unfortunately, the bear is becoming too comfortable in the area and has found too many food sources,” the Hanson Police Department posted to Facebook. “He will have to be euthanized.”
Other local police departments and the Massachusetts Environmental Police have been notified about the bear.
“We know people will not be happy with this decision,” police said. “We cannot just relocate a problem bear in this area.”
As police anticipated, there were dozens of Facebook comments from people upset by the news.
“Shame on whoever decided this,” one wrote.
Others hoped relocation was still an option.
“Can’t relocate or don’t want to?” another said. “We should be better than this! This is unacceptable.”
Police said there is more than one bear in the Plymouth County area. In neighboring Whitman, police urged trick-or-treaters in certain neighborhoods on Halloween to “be on high alert” after a bear was spotted.
There were no reports of any encounters involving people or pets with that bear, Whitman police said.
Hanson is not in the established range for Massachusetts bears, but MassWildlife says the bears have been expanding eastward in recent years.
To avoid attracting bears, residents are advised to take down bird feeders and secure their trash.
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Feds terminate Animals of Montana exhibition license, preventing operation in all states
- Isabel Hicks Chronicle Staff Writer
- Oct 27, 2023
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Federal officials terminated the license of Animals of Montana this month, a notorious wild animal exhibitor that for years has racked up dozens of state and federal animal welfare violations.
The Bozeman-based group has transported exotic animals around the country for use in films and staged wildlife photography.
The Oct. 16 decision from the U.S. Department of Agriculture terminates Animals of Montana’s wild animal exhibition license under the Animal Welfare Act.
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Troy Hyde, owner of Animals of Montana, declined to comment on the federal license termination.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals asked the USDA in June to remove the federal license.
The termination comes two years after the Montana Supreme Court upheld Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks 2017 decision to terminate the group’s wild animal menagerie state permit, which is used by places exhibiting bears, large cats and other carnivores for commercial purposes.
PETA’s Captive Wildlife Advocacy Specialist Alex Baldwin said the federal termination is important because it means Hyde can’t simply move his business to another state.
“The federal Animal Welfare Act covers regulated animals on the national level,” Baldwin said in a Friday interview. “So if Hyde were to try to move to another state and try to start again with a clean slate, he legally cannot do that.”
The federal termination is also permanent this time, Baldwin added. Hyde had his Animal Welfare Act license previously suspended for two years over violations of the Endangered Species Act and Lacey Act in 2000. He renewed the license after the two year period.
In 2012, an employee of Animals of Montana was fatally mauled by a captive grizzly bear while cleaning its enclosure. The death sparked an investigation of the business by FWP, which found 22 separate violations that resulted in the permit’s termination.
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FWP spokesperson Morgan Jacobsen said Friday those violations included transporting animals out of state without a permit and failing to provide animals with clean drinking water and sanitary living conditions.
Court documents shed light on the other violations, including failing to padlock dangerous animals’ cages including the bear, coyote, lynx, leopard and wolf cages, and directing a member of the public to use a weed whacker to control a tiger during a photoshoot.
According to documents, cages remained unsecured and unclean, resulting in the permanent escape of a fisher, a small carnivore in the weasel family.
The 2021 Montana Supreme Court decision upholding the FWP permit suspension ordered Hyde to close the Animals of Montana business and no longer exhibit the animals. He was allowed to keep one grizzly bear named Adam until the end of its life.
The status of the other animals is unclear, which at one point included dozens of Canadian lynx, gray wolves and grizzly bears. FWP officials said Friday they were unsure where or if the animals had been relocated.
Hyde said in a phone call Friday that he no longer had exhibition animals and they had been relocated “all over the country” years ago when Animals of Montana closed. When asked, he declined to provide details as to specific states or organizations where the animals were relocated.
An USDA inspection of Animals of Montana in February 2023 noted the business was still holding 22 animals, including 12 Canadian lynx, two fishers, seven gray wolves and one grizzly bear.
According to FWP, Hyde also has held a state permit to operate a fur farm separate from the exhibition business. On Friday, Hyde said the permit was still active.
PETA’s Baldwin said while the USDA decision only impacts the wild animal exhibition permit and not the fur farm permit, it’s still something that the animal rights activists are “keeping a close eye on.”
“Operating a fur farm is problematic just by the nature of that industry, but also the fact that he has such a long history of animal welfare violations… we just worry quite a bit about the well-being of those animals that are still in his care,” Baldwin said.
GREATER YELLOWSTONE GRIZZLY BEAR DEATH TOTALS 24 SO FAR IN 2023
WRITTEN BY JESSI ENTEL ON AUGUST 21, 2023
24 grizzly bears have died or have been discovered dead in the Greater Yellowstone area so far this year, with eight so far being killed for livestock depredation.
This number also includes a bear that drowned in an irrigation canal.
The latest grizzly bear death occurred earlier this month, when a 20-year old bear was killed by Montana wildlife agent because it kept preying on livestock. The total of bear euthanized due to livestock depredation is now eight, with six bears being killed in Wyoming.
The remaining grizzlies were either struck by vehicles, were put down because they became too conditioned to humans or human food sources or they starved to death.
One bear in the 2023 total was a grizzly that died in 2019 or 2020, but was found this year in Wyoming’s Grass Creek Range on land managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
Of the total grizzly bear deaths, five are still under investigation with the no causes of death listed by the United States Geological Survey.
The United States Geological Survey leads the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team, which includes the Wyoming Game and Fish. They monitor grizzlies throughout the Greater Yellowstone Area in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.
For more information on the grizzly bear mortality statistic, visit the United State Geological Survey website.
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