A Siskiyou County, California, man pleaded guilty to stealing two weeks-old bear cubs from a Northern California den in 2019, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said this week.
Cody Setzer, 29, of Yreka took the cubs when they were estimated to be less than 4 weeks old, authorities said.
The investigation began in March 2019, when Setzer contacted wildlife officers, claiming that he had found the cubs along Highway 263, north of Yreka.
