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| To: SmoothSail who wrote (6344) | 3/20/2022 9:35:01 PM | | From: Neeka | | | | California man pleads guilty to taking 2 baby bears from their den
by Dylan Brown
Sunday, March 20th 2022
This undated photo provided by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife shows two rescued bear cubs. California wildlife officials say a Northern California man who admitted to taking the two bear cubs from their den in 2019 and notified officials after he was unable to care for them pleaded guilty in November 2021 to possession of a prohibited species. The department published the story Tuesday, March 15, 2022, on its blog about bears to encourage anyone who may witness wildlife poaching to contact authorities. (California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) via AP)
  
SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. ( KRCR) - A Siskiyou County man pleaded guilty to taking two four-week-old bear cubs from their mother's den in 2019 and obstructing police, according to the California Department of Fish & Wildlife.
"This is just kind of an awful thing to do really, steal two bear cubs away from a mother bear," said Captain Patrick Foy of CDFW. "With 100% certainty, we can tell you he reached into her den while she was with them and snatched the cubs. It usually takes them a minute while in torpor sleep to realize what's going on. An extra moment and that mother bear would have ripped them apart."
Cody Dylon Setzer, 29, and a co-worker who has not been identified and cooperated with authorities took the month-old bears from their den in a tree that had fallen across a forest road in Shasta County, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said Tuesday.
Setzer had originally said he found them off I-5 just north of Yreka in Siskiyou County. The two bear cubs were then taken to Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care (LTWC) where they would spend a year or so rehabilitating.
"Those were some of the smallest bears they had ever had," said Captain Foy.
According to LTWC, the bear cubs were named Yreka and Blaze. Those taking care of the two cubs told media and the public that the story of how they were found felt off.
"The story quickly started to fall apart and we started an investigation," said Captain Foy.
During the investigation, wildlife officers determined Setzer and a co-worker at a local timber management company took the cubs from a den inside a tree that had fallen across an access road to a work site. The co-worker took officers to the location of the den site east of Salt Creek and Interstate 5. Further evidence was collected from the den site, which had been destroyed by both men.
In November of 2021 Setzer pleaded guilty in Siskiyou Superior Court to possession of a prohibited species and obstructing a peace officer in the course of his duties. Coincidentally, Setzer had also been prosecuted for a separate, unrelated case and the district attorney’s office agreed to combine sentencing for both.
Due to his guilty plea on both cases, he was ordered to pay $2,290 in fines and fees and complete 200 hours of community service. Setzer was also placed on probation for 12 months with his hunting and fishing
privileges suspended for the duration of his probation, and sentenced to 90 days in the county jail, which will be stayed if he successfully completes probation.
"The lesson here is, don't touch a bears den. I thought that was pretty obvious but, don't do it," said Captain Foy.
Moving wildlife could result in a misdemeanor and a heavy fine among other charges. Officials say to not touch the animal if you find one, to contact CDFW instead and they will handle it.
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