July 30, 2026
Connecticut's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection prevailed Thursday against a couple who claimed their constitutional rights were violated when a bear equipped with a collar-mounted video camera walked across and recorded their wooded 114-acre property in the rural northwestern corner of the state.
May 31, 2023
A Connecticut couple say a camera-clad bear outfitted by the state is taping their property without a warrant, accusing Connecticut's department of energy and environmental protection of violating their Fourth Amendment rights in a new lawsuit in Connecticut federal court.