August 28, 2014 – Five brown bears killed this month

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…