Foix, France, March 19, 2025 (AFP) - Suspended jail term sought for French hunter who killed bear

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A prosecutor on Wednesday demanded that an 81-year-old French hunter be handed a four-month suspended jail sentence for killing an endangered female bear that had attacked him in the Pyrenees in 2021. The brown bear is a protected species in the mountain range, which separates France and Spain. Andre Rives was boar-hunting when a female bear nicknamed Caramelles attacked him. He has said he had no choice but to open fire. But the prosecution ar......

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