Timbit treat for bear costs B.C. man $2,000 fine
Posted August 28, 2019 5:10 pm.
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Feeding a Timbit and hot dogs to a bear has resulted in a $2,000 fine in British Columbia.
The province’s conservation officer service says the man was also ordered to keep a distance of at least 50 metres from bears for six months by a provincial court judge on Aug. 22.
The service says in a tweet the man, whose name was not released, pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawfully feeding bears.
The man posted a photo on social media of himself feeding the Tim Hortons treat to the bear from a vehicle on the side of the Alaska Highway.
Last October, the service says the bear appeared to be a young grizzly.
At the time, the service said a woman was also charged but it made no mention of that case in its tweet.
