MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - An animal rights group has posted a video of country music star Troy Gentry killing a captive, tame black bear in Minnesota.
The group SHARK _ Showing Animals Respect and Kindness _ obtained the video from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service through a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act, and posted it on YouTube on Monday.
Steve Hindi, president of the Geneva, Ill.-based group, said SHARK wanted to make the video public because it thought Gentry got off too lightly.
Gentry, half of the duo Montgomery Gentry, pleaded guilty in 2006 to falsely registering the bear as shot in the wild. He was fined $15,000 and put on probation for three months. He also forfeited the stuffed bear and the bow he used.
Montgomery Gentry’s management company did not immediately respond to messages.
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Online:
SHARK: https://www.sharkonline.org
Video Part 1 https://bit.ly/aCNnoB
Video Part 2 https://bit.ly/cazCUn
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