DNA From Deer Used to Convict Bear Poacher
From Times Wire Reports
In the first such instance in California, game wardens used DNA to convict a Yuba County bear poacher, authorities said Friday.
A state Department of Fish and Game lab in Rancho Cordova matched DNA from pieces of a deer carcass used in a bear bait pile with drops of deer blood in a shed at Edward Harryman’s residence. A positive match also occurred with deer meat found in his freezer.
Harryman, 41, pleaded guilty to felony conspiracy to bait bears with poached deer.
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