Two weeks after the Celebration of Bears festival promoted safe coexistence with the animals, wildlife troopers report five brown bears were shot in Haines this month.
On Aug. 9, a 48-year-old Haines man shot a large, male brown bear in self-defense on his FAA Road property. Instead of reporting the incident, the man buried the bear in his yard with a backhoe.
Troopers say the man failed to report the defense of…
