Troy apologizes for bear killing

Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry has issued an apology following the release of a video that showed the singer illegally hunting and killing a bear back in 2006. The apology reads, "Four years ago I was charged for illegally tagging and taking the hide of a black bear across state lines. For that, I paid a $15,000 dollar fine, served a period of probation and gave up my rights to hunt or fish in the state of Minnesota for five years. At that time I apologized for the crime that I committed but failed to apologize to the public for the unethical way the bear was taken." The video, which was posted on YouTube late last month, was obtained by an animal rights group that went to court and forced U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials to release it. In the video, Gentry is revealed to be "hunting" in a one-acre enclosed area surrounded by an electric fence.