A 76-year-old Massachusetts man is facing charges after defending himself from a bear attack. The man liked to spread birdseed for the birds to eat in his backyard. After feeling threatened by previous sightings of this bear near his property, the man kept a shotgun with him as he tended his wooded property. On the day of the incident, the bear charged at him while he was outside and he was forced to shoot it dead.
But defending yourself isn't acceptable in Massachusetts. Police are charging the man for baiting the bear with birdseed, keeping & bearing arms without a state permission slip, and failing to keep the firearm locked up inside as he was being attacked. "Environmental Police" say that he should have made a phone call instead of defending himself.
The neighbor, who intentionally attracts the bear by hanging donuts on the tree limbs, called the police to report his neighbor. He dismisses the idea that the bear could have possibly been charged the man, since, "it never bothered us before."
Auburn Man Facing Charges After Killing Bear In His Backyard « CBS Boston
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But defending yourself isn't acceptable in Massachusetts. Police are charging the man for baiting the bear with birdseed, keeping & bearing arms without a state permission slip, and failing to keep the firearm locked up inside as he was being attacked. "Environmental Police" say that he should have made a phone call instead of defending himself.
The neighbor, who intentionally attracts the bear by hanging donuts on the tree limbs, called the police to report his neighbor. He dismisses the idea that the bear could have possibly been charged the man, since, "it never bothered us before."
Auburn Man Facing Charges After Killing Bear In His Backyard « CBS Boston
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0abfRaZ1ZU[/ame]
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tfzj-yM6kA[/ame]
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