In a bit of a sad story in New Hampshire, a Laconia police officer has received the backing of N. H. Fish and Game Major Tim Acerno after the office shot and killed a bear last weekend.
The officer responded to a call of a bear that had been hit by a car after a passerby saw the bear laying off the side of the road and thought it had been struck. As the officer approached the bear, which was laying off the road under a tree, it suddenly stood up and the officer shot the bear, killing it.
What wasn't known until later when conservation officers arrived on scene was that there were cubs up the tree and the bear was most likely asleep.
Conservation officers were able to coax the cubs from the tree and it is hoped they can be released back into the wild this summer.
This is a sad story, but based on what the police knew and what the officer ended up facing, it's understandable the way things turned out.
The full story can be found at the New Hampshire Union Leader.
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