Bit harsh?
A visitor to a national park in the US has been jailed for getting too close to a grizzly bear and filming it.
Samantha Dehring, 25, admitted a charge of wilfully remaining, approaching, and photographing wildlife within 100 yards at Yellowstone National Park. Wyoming’s acting attorney Bob Murray said she had been sentenced to four days in prison for the crime. He slammed her decision to stay put as ‘absolutely foolish’ and said it was ‘pure luck’ the bear didn’t maul her,A fellow park visitor filmed Dehring taking footage of the mother bear from behind a low stone wall on a ridge.Dehring walks away in response and the bear also retreats.Mr Murray said: ‘Approaching a sow grizzly with cubs is absolutely foolish. Here, pure luck is why Dehring is a criminal defendant and not a mauled tourist.
A second charge against her for ‘feeding, touching, teasing, frightening, or intentionally disturbing wildlife’ was dismissed.
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