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Man who is charged with the death of mother bear in the municipality of Pickens County

Man who is charged with the death of mother bear in the municipality of Pickens County

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Pickens County, Ga. – – A resident of Nord Georgia is charged with the deadly shooting of a bear near his house in the Bent Tree community in Pickens County, the authorities confirmed this week.

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What we know:

According to the official Facebook page of public security, the incident occurred in the night of May 15, but only the next morning a passerby discovered the dead bear near the Oglethorpe Mountain Road. Officials said that the body was discovered about 75 to 100 feet from the shooting residence, with two cubs nearby.

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has charged the resident who was not publicly named. The person was also cited for violations of the rules of the bent tree community.

RAW: Mother bear killed in Pickens County

A mother bear with two cubs was killed in Pickens County at the end of last week. It is believed that this is a video of this mom Bear and her boy, which take a few hours until the mother bear was shot and killed by a curved tree inhabitant. Video with the kind permission of Bent Tree Resident.

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According to Bent Tree Public Safety, the resident admitted that he shot a weapon of 22 caliber from a side window of his house at around 10 p.m. on May 15 at around 10 p.m. He told the investigators that the bear visited his home three times that evening, every time his dogs sought and knocked on his glass door. The resident said he first tried to scare the bear by knocking on the door and using his car alarm. During his third visit, he claimed that he was afraid for his safety and fired a shot on the bear's rear to pay him.

The man showed officials a video that was previously recorded that evening and depicted the bear, which stood in front of it on the edge of his veranda with an empty cat feed shell. The bear wiped the door once while the dog's dogs barked from the inside.

Cubs orphaned after someone killed mother bear

Cubs orphaned after someone killed mother bear

The tensions run in Jasper after the authorities said that a black bear of the mother had been shot in the bent tree community and transformed her two boys. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources examines and works to ensure that the cubs survive. But at the moment the authorities don't know where they are.

About 45 minutes before the reported shooting, the resident wrote the video to an employee of public security and asked if he could shoot the animal. He was told that he could not shoot the bear and was recommended to call public security for support. No such call was made, and the shootout was not reported until the next day.

Officials said that the property of the resident did not give any visible damage and confirmed that the bear had never entered the house. The investigators also found the presence of potential bear developers on the property, including cat food, greasy grills and other debris.

What we don't know:

The bear's exact wound site was not announced. The resident claimed that he didn't know that the bear had boys.

The name of the homeowner was not published.

What you can do:

The authorities are reminiscent of the residents that bears in the area are usually not aggressive, but are wild animals. The community is encouraged to visit Bearwise.org to achieve tips for safe living together with local wild animals.

The source: Bent tree security and emergency management are the source for this article. FOX 5 also contacted the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to get a comment.

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