Canadian Judge Fines Mexican Hunters for Trying to Export Polar Bear Hides The Canadian Press
go to original April 6, 2013

Two adorable newborn polar bear cubs play with their mother while they journey to the frozen sea. (CanadaWild)

Big-game hunters from Mexico legally shot three polar bears this week in Canada's Arctic, but were stopped when they tried to take the hides out of the country without the proper permits.

A Winnipeg judge blasted them with $80,000 in fines Friday just days after the hunting trip to Nunavut.

Acting on a tip, Environment Canada wildlife officers and Canada Border Services agents searched the men's private jet last Sunday as it was refuelling in Winnipeg.

They found three polar bear hides and narwhal tusks and the men did not have the proper export permits.

The four men pleaded guilty in provincial court Friday and paid their fines in cash.

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