California man pleads guilty to stealing bear cubs from a den

By no means take away bear cubs from their den.

A California man lately pled responsible to stealing two bear cubs from a den in northern Shasta County. The cubs have been finally turned over to a wildlife care facility, the place they stayed till it was decided that they may return to the wild.

Cody Dylon Setzer, from Siskiyou County, took the cubs once they have been 4 weeks previous, in keeping with a press launch from the California Division of Fish and Wildlife. The incident initially passed off in 2019.

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Authorities first turned conscious of the cubs when Setzer contacted them and claimed to have discovered the cubs close to a freeway north of Yreka. Wildlife officers, nevertheless, have been unable to find any bear tracks within the space and have become suspicious of the story.

It was finally decided that the bears originated from Shasta County, which is about 90 miles away from the place Setzer claimed to have discovered them.

The California Division of Fish and Wildlife urges residents to keep away from disturbing bear dens.
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Wild officers decided that Setzer discovered the bears when a falling tree uncovered a den. The tree had fallen throughout an entry street to a piece web site and was found by Setzer and a co-worker at a neighborhood timber administration firm.

Setzer and his co-worker reportedly destroyed the den and the cubs’ mom was by no means discovered.

The cubs’ unique mom bear was by no means positioned, so they may not be returned to her.
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The cubs have been taken to the Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care facility, the place they stayed till April, 2020. The cubs have been the longest to ever have been cared for on the facility. They have been launched one they have been thought of sufficiently old to outlive on their very own.

Setzer pled responsible to stealing the cubs and had this sentence mixed with a separate, unrelated case. He was ordered to pay $2,290 in fines and to finish 200 hours of neighborhood service. He was additionally positioned on probation for 12 months and misplaced his looking and fishing privileges throughout that point interval. 

Setzer faces a 90 jail sentence, though he can keep away from that if he completes his probation.