A Tofino man has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and given an $11,000 fine for illegally killing two black bears in what the BC Conservation Officer Service is calling a “precedent-setting” decision.
Ryan Millar killed a black bear cub and sow on Oct. 14, 2021, and was found guilty of the illegal killing by provincial court judge Alexander Wolf in a decision published on June 6, 2023.
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