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National News See other National News Articles Title: Man who stole two newborn bear cubs from den pays the price Man who stole two newborn bear cubs from den pays the price David Strege - 17 March 2022 Aman in California who discovered a den site in a fallen log across a forest road and stole two bear cubs estimated to have been 4 weeks old pleaded guilty to unlawful possession and obstructing wildlife officers. Man who stole two newborn bear cubs from den pays the price Cody Dylon Setzer, 29, of Yreka and a co-worker from a local timber company inexplicably stole the cubs and took them to a work site, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Setzer subsequently contacted wildlife officers on March 9, 2019 and claimed he had found the cubs alongside Highway 263 north of Yreka. But a wildlife officer became suspicious when no bear tracks were found at that location, prompting an investigation. Through DNA, it was determined that the cubs were likely born in the Sacramento River canyon in northern Shasta County, more than 90 miles south of where Setzer claimed he found them. Capt. Patrick Foy of CDFW told the Associated Press that the co- worker confessed to wildlife officers and cooperated with the investigation, taking wildlife officers to the den site east of Salt Creek and Interstate 5 where further evidence was collected. The men had destroyed the den, and the sow was never located. The bear cubs were the youngest ever taken in by the Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care, which rehabilitated the animals until they were old enough to survive before returning them to their native habitat in Shasta County on April 28, 2020. From the CDFW, which first reported the story on Tuesday: On Nov. 17, 2021, Setzer pleaded guilty in Siskiyou Superior Court to possession of a prohibited species and obstructing a peace officer in the course of his duties. Coincidentally, Setzer had also been prosecuted for a separate, unrelated case and the district attorney’s office agreed to combine sentencing for both. Due to his guilty plea on both cases, he was ordered to pay $2,290 in fines and fees and complete 200 hours of community service. Setzer was also placed on probation for 12 months with his hunting and fishing privileges suspended for the duration of his probation, and sentenced to 90 days in the county jail, which will be stayed if he successfully completes probation. Poster Comment: I know a guy that caught a Bobcat in his leg hold trap. He was also a Coon hunter. After he would skin a raccoon, he would throw it the carcass. Wildlife agents caught him with the Bobcat and he had to pay $180 in fines. You can't keep a wild animal in a cage. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 8.
#8. To: BTP Holdings (#0)
Crap ~ I thought this would be about Mama Bear killing and eating the cubnappers.
#9. To: Lod (#8)
I was hoping.
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