ELR Citation: 48 ELR 20106
No(s). 9:16-cr-0032-DLC-1 (9th Cir. Jun 26, 2018)

The Ninth Circuit vacated a lower court's conviction of a man in Montana for killing a threatened grizzly bear in violation of the ESA. The man claimed that he was acting in self-defense when he killed the bear behind his home in May 2014. Applying an "objectively reasonable" standard to the man's e...