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A dead bear with its paws cut off was found and stolen near Foresthill

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A dead bear was found, all four paws cleanly cut off and stolen. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife Law Enforcement Division is currently investigating. Capt. Patrick Foy said the bear was hit by a car Saturday. The person who hit the bear became distressed and called 911 to report the incident. A local officer responded to the scene and found the bear, which had already died at that point. “The way it usually works is that when you have a traffic fatality, the authority or whoever is in charge of that road comes along and picks.” “They pick up the carcass, or they pull the carcass off the side of the road and let nature do its thing “What nature does, but when it comes to a bear carcass, these are really, really heavy,” Foy said. “It’s difficult to move them, even pull them, so that didn’t happen. The bear was there overnight and in the morning someone showed up and the paws had been cut off,” Foy said as he cut off the paws. Bear is a misdemeanor. If convicted, the person or persons responsible could face a prison sentence of up to one year and a fine of $1,000. Fish and Wildlife is asking for the public’s help in identifying those responsible for this mutilation. You can report tips at 888-334-2258 or on the CALTIP Californians Turn in Poachers and Polluters website here. KCRA 3 spoke exclusively with the woman who discovered the slaughtered animal around 7:30 a.m. Sunday morning. “The bone was clean cut,” Jordyn Pari Davies said. “The meat was still fresh. It was red.” Davies said she was glad her daughter wasn’t with her when she spotted the bear because the scene was so graphic. “We got in the car very, very angry for the rest of the day, just thinking about who did it,” she said. The Bear League is a Tahoe-based organization that has been supporting bears for nearly 30 years. Its director, Ann Bryant, told KCRA 3 that the organization has seen cases like this before. Some want to sell the bear paws, make expensive soup or have them as souvenirs. Bryant said some people make ashtrays out of them. “It looked like someone knew what they were doing,” Bryant said after looking at photos of the slaughtered bear. For more coverage of top California stories, click here | Download our app.

FORESTHILL, Calif. –

A dead bear was found with all four paws cut off and stolen. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Law Enforcement Division is currently investigating.

Capt. Patrick Foy said the bear was hit by a car Saturday. The person who hit the bear became distressed and called 911 to report the incident.

A local officer was on scene and found the bear, which had already died at that point.

“Usually the way it works is that if there’s an animal that’s been run over, the agency or the agency in charge of the road comes along and picks up the carcass or drags it off the side of the road and lets nature do what it does, but when it comes to bear carcasses “These are really, really heavy,” Foy said. “They’re hard to move, even tow, so that didn’t happen. The bear was there all night and in the morning someone came and the paws were cut off.”

Foy said cutting off a bear’s paws is an illegal offense. The person or persons responsible could face up to one year in prison and a $1,000 fine if convicted.

Fish and Wildlife is asking for the public’s help in identifying those responsible for this mutilation. You can report tips at 888-334-2258 or on the CALTIP Californians Turn in Poachers and Polluters website here.

KCRA 3 spoke exclusively with the woman who discovered the slaughtered animal around 7:30 a.m. Sunday morning

“The bone was clean cut,” Jordyn Pari Davies said. “The meat was still fresh. It was red.”

Davies said she was glad her daughter wasn’t with her when she spotted the bear because the scene was so graphic.

“We got in the car and we were very, very angry all day, just thinking about who did it,” she said.

The Bear League is a Tahoe-based organization that has been supporting bears for nearly 30 years.

Its director, Ann Bryant, told KCRA 3 the organization has seen cases like this before. Some want to sell the bear paws, make expensive soup or have them as souvenirs.

Bryant said some people make ashtrays out of them.

“It looked like someone knew what they were doing,” Bryant said after looking at photos of the butchered bear.

For more coverage of California’s top stories, click here | Download our app.

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