American fined for illegally hunting a black bear

A Colorado man has been fined 25-hundred dollars for shooting a black bear without a valid licence near Fort Frances.

Levi Larsen is banned from hunting in Ontario for a year after he was fined for unlawfully hunting a black bear, possessing a void licence and exporting the bear out of Ontario without a permit.

Court heard that Larsen tried to purchase a non-resident hunting licence on a number of occassions, but was denied by the Ministry of Natural Resources.

However, Larsen persisted and purchased a licence in another location and went on to shoot a bear.