Alaska father and son kill bear video (FULL VIDEO)
- 5 years ago
Video released of Alaska father, son illegally shooting bear and shrieking cubs.
Andrew and Owen Renner kill mother bear and cubs.
A year after an Alaskan father and his son were caught on camera killing a black bear sow and her two cubs, the video has been made public.
The Humane Society of the United States used a public records request to obtain the graphic video, which was recorded on Esther Island last spring.
Father Andrew Renner and his son Owen were out skiing on April 14, 2018 when they approached the bears’ den, Alaska Wildlife Troopers said in a statement last August.
Owen Renner fired twice at the adult bear while it slept in its den, the troopers said. Then, Andrew Renner killed the “shrieking” cubs, leaving their bodies outside the den, the troopers’ statement said. The Renners butchered the adult bear and returned two days later to dispose of the cubs’ bodies and collect shell casings, according to the troopers.
What the two men didn’t know was that their actions were caught on tape. The bears were being monitored by a motion-activated camera as part of a study by the US Forest Service and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Court documents say that Andrew Renner is captured on video saying, “It doesn’t matter. Bear down.”
The men also removed the adult bear’s tracking collar, troopers said.
“They’ll never be able to link it to us,” Owen Renner said, according to court records.
Two weeks later, Andrew Renner took the bear’s skin and collar to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, saying he hadn’t seen the cubs and didn’t know it was a nursing bear, troopers said.
Andrew and Owen Renner kill mother bear and cubs.
A year after an Alaskan father and his son were caught on camera killing a black bear sow and her two cubs, the video has been made public.
The Humane Society of the United States used a public records request to obtain the graphic video, which was recorded on Esther Island last spring.
Father Andrew Renner and his son Owen were out skiing on April 14, 2018 when they approached the bears’ den, Alaska Wildlife Troopers said in a statement last August.
Owen Renner fired twice at the adult bear while it slept in its den, the troopers said. Then, Andrew Renner killed the “shrieking” cubs, leaving their bodies outside the den, the troopers’ statement said. The Renners butchered the adult bear and returned two days later to dispose of the cubs’ bodies and collect shell casings, according to the troopers.
What the two men didn’t know was that their actions were caught on tape. The bears were being monitored by a motion-activated camera as part of a study by the US Forest Service and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Court documents say that Andrew Renner is captured on video saying, “It doesn’t matter. Bear down.”
The men also removed the adult bear’s tracking collar, troopers said.
“They’ll never be able to link it to us,” Owen Renner said, according to court records.
Two weeks later, Andrew Renner took the bear’s skin and collar to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, saying he hadn’t seen the cubs and didn’t know it was a nursing bear, troopers said.