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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsupdate: she got 4 days in jail and barred from Yellowstone for a year, $1k fine, $1k community svc p
I posted about this a few months ago. she just go her sentence
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Samantha Dehring was filmed close to a grizzly bear and three cubs at Yellowstone in May.
The US attorney's office in Wyoming said she stayed and took pictures as the bear charged toward her.
She was sentenced to four days in jail, fined, and barred from the park for a year.
A woman was sentenced to four days in jail after refusing to move away from a grizzly bear and two cubs at Yellowstone National Park in May.
Bob Murray, the acting US attorney for the District of Wyoming, said on Thursday that Samantha Dehring, 25, pleaded guilty to "willfully remaining, approaching, and photographing wildlife within 100 yards."
His office said that Dehring did not move away from the bears as they approached,
Dehring was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and make a $1,000 community-service payment to the Yellowstone Forever Wildlife Protection Fund. She was also barred from the park for a year.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/offbeat/a-yellowstone-tourist-was-sentenced-to-4-days-in-jail-after-a-video-showed-her-refusing-to-move-as-a-grizzly-bear-charged-at-her/ar-AAPh1UR?ocid=msedgntp
alphafemale
(18,497 posts)At least banned from all parks for life.
People like her ruin the park experience for everyone.
She really thought that 2ft high wall would protect her?
Did she think she was at a zoo?
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,272 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,303 posts)than the stupid fucking humans who pull this crap.
Whatever the maximum penalty allowed by law is, it should have been given.
Mysterian
(4,523 posts)on every point.
stopdiggin
(11,089 posts)Like many - I'd like to see a bit more bite applied. But - the good news here is that the Parks service and government are becoming much more proactive in pursuing and prosecuting. This is (IMO) a fairly new, and long needed, stance. Word gets around. Park employees (and other LE) will get on your ass ... And, boy, is it about time!
LiberatedUSA
(1,666 posts)She could be digesting.