Post by Woody Williams on Dec 17, 2005 22:17:51 GMT -5
Virginia Man Charged with Killing Black Bear in kentucky
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Release
Virginia Man Charged with Killing Black Bear in Harlan County [/color]
December 15, 2005 Contact: Mark Marraccini
IMMEDIATE RELEASE (800) 852-0942
Frankfort, KY – A Virginia man will be arraigned Monday in Harlan District Court on charges of illegally killing a Black Bear.
Larry Burton, 56, of Dryden, VA, was arrested by Kentucky Conservation Officers last week and charged with the November 15 shooting of a black bear at the Limestone Mine site of Powell Mountain Coal Company in Holmes Mill, KY.
Conservation Officer Shane Amburgey began an investigation later that day after receiving a tip and was joined by Lt. Frank Campbell and canine officer Sgt. Doug Vaughn. When Vaughn’s Labrador, Allie, alerted positively, the officers checked with University of Kentucky researchers who began receiving a mortality signal from a GPS collared bear they had been tracking.
Lt. Campbell and Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KDFWR) wildlife technician, Travis Neal, later found the bear with GPS tracking equipment where it had been dumped a few miles away.
Dryden, an employee of the coal company, was arrested by Amburgey at the Harlan County Detention Center and later released on bail.
“Black bears are native to Kentucky,” said KDFWR Wildlife Division Director Jim Lane. “They once ranged forests that covered about three quarters of the state. But the loss of the American chestnut tree, habitat destruction and human harassment nearly eliminated them from the state about a 100 years ago.
“Eastern Kentucky has experienced a large scale regeneration of forest land, and many who love wildlife are encouraged and excited that bears are beginning to return on their own,” he said. “We now have a small and growing population of bears that needs our protection.”
Dryden will appear before Harlan District Judge Phillip Hamm Monday for arraignment. He faces possible fines, replacement costs, and court costs of more than $2,000, up to one year in jail, and forfeiture of his firearm.
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Release
Virginia Man Charged with Killing Black Bear in Harlan County [/color]
December 15, 2005 Contact: Mark Marraccini
IMMEDIATE RELEASE (800) 852-0942
Frankfort, KY – A Virginia man will be arraigned Monday in Harlan District Court on charges of illegally killing a Black Bear.
Larry Burton, 56, of Dryden, VA, was arrested by Kentucky Conservation Officers last week and charged with the November 15 shooting of a black bear at the Limestone Mine site of Powell Mountain Coal Company in Holmes Mill, KY.
Conservation Officer Shane Amburgey began an investigation later that day after receiving a tip and was joined by Lt. Frank Campbell and canine officer Sgt. Doug Vaughn. When Vaughn’s Labrador, Allie, alerted positively, the officers checked with University of Kentucky researchers who began receiving a mortality signal from a GPS collared bear they had been tracking.
Lt. Campbell and Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KDFWR) wildlife technician, Travis Neal, later found the bear with GPS tracking equipment where it had been dumped a few miles away.
Dryden, an employee of the coal company, was arrested by Amburgey at the Harlan County Detention Center and later released on bail.
“Black bears are native to Kentucky,” said KDFWR Wildlife Division Director Jim Lane. “They once ranged forests that covered about three quarters of the state. But the loss of the American chestnut tree, habitat destruction and human harassment nearly eliminated them from the state about a 100 years ago.
“Eastern Kentucky has experienced a large scale regeneration of forest land, and many who love wildlife are encouraged and excited that bears are beginning to return on their own,” he said. “We now have a small and growing population of bears that needs our protection.”
Dryden will appear before Harlan District Judge Phillip Hamm Monday for arraignment. He faces possible fines, replacement costs, and court costs of more than $2,000, up to one year in jail, and forfeiture of his firearm.
