Fish and Wildlife service investigating grizzly bear death
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SPOKANE, Wash. -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating whether a wildlife photographer who put out food for animals violated a federal law that protects endangered species.
The question is whether the food provided by Tom Holman resulted in the killing of a grizzly bear that became habituated to the handouts.
Holman, who lives near Nordman, in northern Idaho, said his putting our corn for deer had nothing to do with the killing of the bear, a member of an endangered species. He also said that setting restrictions on residents putting out food violates private property rights.
Holman, who sells wildlife photos on his Web site, said he has retained an attorney and intends to sue the Idaho Department of Fish and Game and the Fish and Wildlife Service for slander. The Idaho department was called in to kill the 2-year-old male grizzly on Oct. 4 out of concern it might attack someone,
"I was not luring the bear in," Holman told The Spokesman Review newspaper of Spokane.
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