FRENCH HUNTER GIVEN SUSPENDED SENTENCE FOR KILLING PROTECTED BEAR
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✍️ An 81-year-old hunter in France has been fined and handed a four-month suspended jail sentence for killing an endangered brown bear in the Pyrenees mountains.
👉 The hunter was fined €750 and had his rifle confiscated and hunting licence revoked 👉 The bear, nicknamed Caramelles, has been preserved and is on display at the Toulouse Natural History Museum 👉 Fifteen other hunters were also fined and must collectively pay more than €60,000 in damages to environmental associations 👉 The bear population in the Pyrenees has slowly climbed up since the 1990s, with an estimated 96 bears in 2024
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