A French court sentenced an 81-year-old hunter to a suspended jail term for killing a protected brown bear in the Pyrenees.
The hunter claimed self-defense after the female bear, Caramelles, attacked him during a boar hunt, but the court disagreed.
Along with the hunter, fifteen other hunters received fines for violating hunting regulations within the protected bear habitat.
This case highlights ongoing tensions between human activities and wildlife conservation efforts in the sensitive Pyrenees ecosystem.
