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Dozens charged in DNR poaching sting in Ga. and NC
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Col. Eddie Henderson of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources speaks during a news conference announcing the results of a multistate wildlife poaching operation in North Carolina and Georgia.
Forest officials in a multiagency investigation into bear poaching in Georgia and North Carolina served warrants on more than 80 people, concluding a four-year investigation into the criminal activity. Officers found more than 900 violations and began making arrests Tuesday. Warrants for 136 state charges in several North Georgia counties, including Union, White and Lumpkin, included counts of bear baiting, illegal use of dogs, hunting from a car and hunting at night and hunting on national forest lands without permits.