What Do They Know In Kentucky?
Briefly: they shot the mom because they thought it was a black bear and then killed the cub in self defense.
One of them got 3 months in jail, $1,000 fine, and $19,300 in restitution.
The other got $5oo fine, and $500 restitution for destroying the collar on bear #346.
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