Shooting death of a black bear
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A George County man has started serving his 30-day prison sentence in connection with the January 2007 shooting death of a black bear, an endangered species in the state, according to officials at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Darryl Eubanks, 46, of Lucedale, was arrested in June, less than a month after a federal grand jury charged him in a four-count federal indictment with illegal transportation of a black bear, obstruction of justice for allegedly tampering with a witness and providing false statements to federal investigators.
In October, Eubanks appeared before U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett in Hattiesburg and pleaded guilty to the endangered species act for killing the black bear and a misdemeanor Lacey Act violation for removing the endangered species from its protected environment.
In December, he was sentenced to 30 days in jail, a $5,000 fine and $10,000 in restitution to be made to the Bear Education and Restoration Group of Mississippi. He also was ordered to pay a $50 assessment fee, perform 50 hours of community service work at a wildlife refuge, and was restricted from hunting for one year after his jail term when he is under post-release supervision.
Eubanks shot and killed the bear in December 2007 and later dumped the carcass in a wooded area in Perry County.
Eubanks initially denied any involvement, but later said he was deer hunting when he shot and killed the black bear and cut off one of his paws that he showed off to several people. He said he later loaded the carcass onto a trailer and dumped it in Perry County in January 2008.
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service for Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi and the state Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks jointly investigated the killing.
The state of Mississippi granted protection to the black bear in 1932, when fewer than 12 remained statewide.
Years later, in 1974, the state listed the black bear on its official list of rare and threatened animals.
And in 1992 the U.S. Wildlife Service declared Mississippi’s black bear, a subspecies of the Louisiana black bear, as a threatened animal under the Endangered Species Act.
“Anyone involved in the illegal killing of Mississippi black bears, protected by the Endangered Species Act, will be vigorously pursued by state and federal agents,” Robert T. Oliveri, resident in charge of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said.
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