Witnesses are providing conflicting stories about how and why a baby bear was shot and killed on Memorial Day in South Lake Tahoe, according to SFGate.
As a result, the El Dorado County District Attorney will be conducting its own investigation into the shooting of a 16-month-old cub that was killed after it wandered onto the property of a hunter, who shot it at least three times, claiming self-defense, the nonprofit BEAR League shared on Facebook Thursday.
Stephanie Yamkovenko told SFGate that the bear was outside her neighbor’s house and running away when the first shot was fired."The really big piece that we want to make sure people understand is that the bear was outside the house when the first shot happened. So there was no need to shoot that bear," Stephanie Yamkovenko said. "You could have just shut your door at that point.
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