Mississippi Man Sentenced for Killing a Louisiana Black Bear

A Grace, Mississippi man, Eric Wade Mobley, pled guilty last week in the Southern District of Mississippi federal court to one count of violating the Lacey Act for killing a Louisiana black bear, a species federally listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

U.S. Magistrate James Sumner ordered Mobley to pay nearly $10,000 for killing the bear. Judge Sumner awarded $4,000 in restitution to the Hunter Education Program and placed on a one-year probation with the condition that he cannot hunt any where in the world.