northern california happening in discovery bay. more than 200 people were on the trainn. no reports of anything life threatening. the truckk driver not hurt and they are lookking for what caused the collision. a major battle over a bear. a grizzly cub who shot a bear when they wondered over to to his family. dan springer is live in the west coast bureau and this was his own back yard. his property, get harris, at one time geremy hill was facing the possibility of a $50,000 and a year in prison for shooting a bear that was threatening his family. considered a cub at three years old, it was 300 pounds. and it was just 40 yards away
from the hill home when it was shot. he knew he called an endangered animal. and the feds shocked everyone in idaho when they charged hill with violating the endangered species act. if your family is in danger much being mauled or injured or killed by a grizzly bear or any other animal for that matter, it is common sense to protect your family from the attack. bear attacks are up in the u.s.. and several have been fatal. while the grizzly population is growing in yellow stone, it is trugling in the pacific northwest. there are only cent in the range most in canada and that s why they supported the charges against geremy hill. they wanted to find out if he was acting in self defense or not. we don t want people thinking
and he was facing facing a fine. and it was a two or three year old cub that weighed on to the u.s. seems to concede that hill fired the shot when he thought his kids were outside and in danger. when he fired the third and final shot he knew his kids were safely in the house. he took the fine because he killed the bear. there are procedures outlined how to do that. he didn t follow procedures. people were outrage the u.s. attorney did cut a deal and dropping the criminal charge but hill had to pay $1,000 fine and about 20,000 in legal bills.
true leaf farms is recalling lettuce due to no illnesses were reported. it is linked to the and geremy hill spotted a grizzly bear he was trying to protect his children. he didn t know his actions would set off a fight in the long-running battle in the state and federal government over the endangered species act. dan springer has more with that story. federal law does allow people to kill endangered animals if human life is threatened. geremy hill and everyone else in idaho were stunned when hill was charged.