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Hunter confirms Hope the bear is dead

The hunter who killed the one-year-old black bear e-mailed biologists at the North American Bear Center this morning to notify them of her death. The hunter says he didn't know it was the famed bear and would have never deliberately shot Hope.
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The hunter who killed the one-year-old black bear e-mailed biologists at the North American Bear Center this morning to notify them of her death. The hunter says he didn't know it was the famed bear and would have never deliberately shot Hope.

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