By Jeff Davis. This one is hard to believe, but it’s true. Apparently in Obama’s America, grizzly bears are a protected species, while White children are not.
The Coeur d’Alene Press reports: “A man charged with unlawfully shooting and killing a grizzly bear had so many supporters at his arraignment Tuesday in federal court that the judge had to move the hearing to a larger courtroom. Even there, every seat was taken as his family, friends and neighbors, young and old, squeezed in. Jeremy M. Hill, 33, pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court to killing the animal with a rifle on his 20-acre property near Porthill, Idaho, at the Canadian border. He lives five miles from the closest grizzly bear recovery zone.”
The grizzly approached within 150 feet of Jeremy Hill’s home. Most bears avoid people and homes. The few bears that don’t are an exception and should be considered dangerous. A grizzly can easily knock down a door or push in a window so the children being inside the home were still in danger. Not only do grizzly bears have a reputation for viciously mauling or killing people who bump into them on hiking trails, mother grizzly bears are certain to attack anyone who gets near their cubs, and the cubs were on Mr. Hill’s property.
A federal regulation notes that “Persons may take grizzly bears found in the area defined in paragraph (j)(9) of this section in defense of that person’s own life or the lives of other persons. Such taking shall be reported within 24 hours…” Mr. Hill wasn’t shooting the grizzly for sport or to get a bear rug. He was shooting the grizzly because it came onto his land and endangered his family.
The article notes “The grizzly bear is classified as a threatened species in the lower 48 states, according to the Endangered Species Act, and protected by federal law. Hill’s charge is a misdemeanor. Magistrate Judge Candy Dale set trial, at least for now, for Oct. 4. Hill has declined comment. His lawyer, Marc Lyons of Coeur d’Alene, said he plans to defend Hill on the basis of self-defense and protection of family.”
“Following the hearing, his father, Mike Hill, of Athol, said, ‘This whole thing is a waste of taxpayer money.’ He said his son was concerned for the safety of his children playing outside when a mother grizzly and two cubs wandered onto his property on May 8. Jeremy Hill has six kids, ranging in age from 14 years old to 10 months old. At least five were home when the grizzly was killed The bears had gone after some pigs in a pen that the kids had been raising, Mike Hill said.
“[Hill] shot one of the bears, then called authorities to notify them of the kill. The other two bears ran off. [Hill’s father] said his son could have just buried the animal and not said anything to law enforcement. He said his son is being penalized for coming forward.”
Apparently Mr. Hill was expected to stand idly by while the bears killed his pigs and roamed his property. One mature bear and two juvenile cubs were also quite capable of smashing their way into the house and attacking his family if they decided they wanted a toddler for desert after finishing off the pigs.
A mother grizzly bear can weigh 800 pounds and stand seven feet tall. When they get hungry or when they are startled, they can be aggressive in the extreme. This year has seen an unusual number of bear attacks, and Mr. Hill’s children could easily have been added to the casualty list.
One wonders how much Mr. Hill being a straight White male played in the decision of the Feds to prosecute. Obama has appointed lots of fellow closet communists. The people who made the decision to prosecute Mr. Hill either want to throw an innocent White man in jail and cost him a fortune in fines. They don’t care that he was protecting White children. Maybe they would have been happier if his children were killed
