IDAHO, USA — Conservation organizations Monday sent a notice of intent to sue Idaho for violations of the Endangered Species Act over state hunting authorizations that put grizzly bears at risk, a press release said.
In June, a grizzly was killed by a hunter at a black bear bait station near St. Maries after being misidentified by Idaho Department of Game and Fish.
The incident demonstrates "the urgent need to reform the practice now that grizzly bears are beginning to return to Idaho on their journey to recovery," a press release said.
“Bear baiting takes the lives of grizzly bears in the Northern Rockies and robs the wild of these remarkable animals,” said Lizzy Pennock, carnivore coexistence attorney at WildEarth Guardians. “The State of Idaho is putting grizzly bears in unacceptable peril, compromising their prospects of recovery and leading to tragic, preventable, illegal and all too predictable deaths, like the incident we witnessed last month in Saint Maries.”
The male grizzly bear was shot and killed June 10 near the Lower St. Joe River about 5 miles from the town of St. Maries, "an area not commonly used by grizzly bears," the release said.
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