Written by A woman who approached and filmed a grizzly sow in Yellowstone National Park this May was recently identified and charged with two wildlife violations
Social media sleuths helped federal authorities track down 25-year old Samantha Dehring of Carol Stream, Illinois, who is shown in the video approaching the bears. Investigators secured a warrant to search Dehring’s social media posts after receiving a tip from someone who had seen a video posted with her name tagged, reports CBS-TV 2 in Chicago.
Witnesses told investigators that Dehring was with a group of tourists who spotted the bears. When they saw the bears coming closer, other tourists returned to their vehicles and warned Dehring to get back. But she did not until after the mother grizzly charged to within 15 feet of Dehring, as you can clearly see in the video.
Federal attorney Bob Murray announced August 2 that Dehring is charged with one count of willfully remaining, approaching, and photographing wildlife within 100 yards and one count of feeding, touching, teasing, frightening, or intentionally disturbing wildlife. go to the source to read more
UPdate 10/9/21 Samantha Dehring, who was filmed trying to photograph a grizzly bear at Yellowstone National Park in May, has been sentenced to four days in jail, and she can not visit the 2-million-acre park for a year. She was charged Tuesday with disturbing wildlife while visiting Wyoming and trying to get picture of a bear and its two cubs.
