By Greg Fry

Black bear shot, left for dead in Westsyde

Jun 22, 2018 | 2:36 PM

KAMLOOPS — The Conservation Officer Service is seeking the public’s help in locating two men who are suspected of illegally shooting and killing a black bear in Westsyde.

Conservation Officer Jim Melenka says the incident occurred on Friday, June 15 at approximately 6:30 p.m. at the 3.3 kilometre mark on Noble Lake Road.

“An individual heard a shot, came around the corner and observed two men outside of a vehicle, one person holding a rifle. As soon as the person saw them the other two men jumped in their vehicle and fled the site,” he says. “There was then found a shot and left dead black bear.”

Melenka says the suspect vehicle was a mid-’90s red Ford Ranger extended cab and notes the animal was a four to five year old female bear of average size.

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He says open season for black bear hunting in the Kamloops area is April 1 to June 30, though hunters are required to have a hunting licence and a valid black bear species tag.

Hunters accessing private property to hunt also require the permission of the land owner to do so and Melenka adds hunters who harvest an animal must remove all edible portions of that animal and make every reasonable effort to retrieve their harvested animal.

Anyone with any information about this incident is asked to call the ‘Report all Poachers and Polluters’ line (RAPP) at 1 (877) 952-7277.