A provincial court judge has rejected a man’s self defence claim in the shooting of two bears in Tofino.
Ryan Owen Millar was convicted of the unlawful killing of a mother bear and young cub on Oct. 14, 2021.
“It was not a fair hunt. It was not an ethical hunt. For our purposes in this trial, I conclude and find as a matter of fact, it was not a legal hunt,” Honourable Judge Alexander Wolf wrote in his reasons for judgment published on June 6.
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