Sitkan shoots bear dead after dog scuffle

Cadets from the Public Safety Training Academy learn how to skin a bear that was shot earlier Wednesday morning. (Photo by Cameron Clark/KCAW)
A Sitka man shot and killed a bear that was threatening his dog early Wednesday morning. Wildlife authorities later located the dead animal in a ravine 100 yards from his residence off of Halibut Point Road.
Alaska Department of Fish and Game Biologist Stephen Bethune assisted troopers to find the bear.
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