US WOMAN TURNED HOME INTO SPA FOR BEARS, WON'T GO TO JAIL

MENDOCINO, Ca, U.S.A - A woman who turned her rural Northern California home into a spa for wild bears won't go to jail. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Lynne Gravier of Laytonville pleaded guilty Monday in Mendocino County to a misdemeanor charge of feeding big game.
After Lynne Gravier entered her plea in Mendocino County Superior Court on Monday, Judge Richard Henderson set her sentencing date for three years from now. However, prosecutor agreed to drop the charge in three years if Gravier agrees to stop her bear feeding. Gravier says she's glad it's over.

• The 77-year-old woman set out a wading pool and bought thousands of pounds of food to feed her guests with corn meal and peanut butter sandwiches.
• California Department of Fish and Game wardens called it the worst example of bear feeding they had ever encountered.
  

Gravier's supporters protested her prosecution, defending her as an animal lover. But neighbors complained that she drew in bears that terrorized the community by breaking into homes, ransacking feed sheds and chasing livestock.

Under the terms set by prosecutors, Gravier may not return to her Laytonville property. The house was condemned last year.

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