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Alberta Fish and Wildlife officers are appealing for the public’s help to find whoever killed a grizzly bear and left it beside a road.

The grizzly was shot and its body abandoned Monday night on the Pembina River Road, according to the Alberta Fish and Wildlife Facebook page. In Alberta, grizzly bears are listed as a threatened species because of the small size of the breeding population. Hunting them has been illegal since 2006. The maximum penalty for the offence is a fine of $100,000 and/or one year in jail.

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Wildlife officers were alerted to the bear’s death because it was wearing a collar from the fRI Research Grizzly Bear Program, and the device began transmitting a mortality signal. Officers travelled to the signal’s location and found the dead bear about 48 kilometres south of Hinton. They believe it was killed between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Monday.

The bear was a mature adult, weighing about 450 pounds.

Alberta Fish and Wildlife asks anyone with information about the case to contact the Report a Poacher Line at 1-800-642-3800. Callers can remain anonymous and could be eligible for a monetary reward.