Idaho wildlife officials are asking the public to help find the person who shot and killed a grizzly bear near Island Park, according to a news release from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.

The penalty for illegally killing a grizzly bear is a $50,000 fine and one year in prison. The animals are protected under the Endangered Species Act.

Often, the results of the investigations go unreported, or the case is not solved. But in 2022, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game cracked an appalling case involving the killing of a mother grizzly, which was shot 12 times, and whose 6- to 8-week-old cub subsequently died due to the loss of its mother.

On September 2nd, an adult female grizzly bear was found shot and killed in Clark County near Lower Shotgun Road in the Willow Creek drainage west of Island Park Reservoir.

The following is a news release from Idaho Fish and Game. File photo On Sept. 2, an adult female grizzly bear was found shot and killed in Clark County near Lower Shotgun Road, in the Willow Creek drainage,

Idaho Fish and Game is seeking information about a female grizzly bear that was found shot and killedin the Willow Creek drainage, west of Island Park Reservoi