THE twisted javelin thrower who slaughtered a black bear with a homemade SPEAR may be prosecuted by Canadian authorities.
The Mirror reports that bloodthirsty bodybuilder Josh Bowmar may be extradited from the US and indicted over the savage killing of the animal.
Bowmar, 26, who owns a fitness company in Ohio, uploaded a sickening video of the hunt to YouTube featuring footage from a GoPro camera which was strapped to the 7ft spear.
While spear hunting is not prohibited in Canada, the reports says authorities are investigating the time it took the find the bear after it was wounded.
Hunters are told to find the animal immediately to ensure a quick death.
The fitness fanatic, who was hunting with his former vegetarian wife Sarah, claimed the bear died soon after being struck with the huge weapon.
However, in the video, which was filmed in May in the woods of Alberta, Bowmar says he did not find the bear immediately because tracking at night is dangerous.
He said: “It had rained solid for an hour and we couldn’t find any blood. At night tracking bears is already dangerous and in the rain you can’t hear anything so we give him until the next day.”
Canadian authorities are now looking to ban “archaic” spear hunting.
Tim Chamberlin, of Alberta Environment and Parks, added: “Work is well under way to update Alberta’s hunting regulations.
“We will introduce a ban on spear hunting from this fall as part of those.
“In the meantime, we have asked Fish and Wildlife officers... to determine if charges are warranted under existing laws.”
In the graphic clip Bowmar, who was an All-American javelin thrower at university, is filmed stabbing the bear with a 7ft spear which was fitted with a GoPro camera.
The gruesome footage also features the hunter lifting up the animal's corpse while its intestines pour out of its stomach.
The American, who has since boasted about eating the "extremely nutritious” bear meat, is shown cheering with joy, proclaiming: “I just did something I don’t think anybody in the world has ever done.”
The cruel killing, which took place in May, was been blasted by big game hunters and animal rights campaigners who claim the death could have lasted for up to 20 hours.
Masha Kalinina, of Humane Society International, said: “The glee with which the hunter celebrates spearing the bear’s vital organs is a cheap act for the camera and the sick fans of this YouTube channel.”
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According to reports, the long, thick weapon was embedded two feet into the colossal beast which weighed around 28 stone and was 7ft 1in in height.
Fellow hunters have also hit out at the footage calling the act ‘shameful’.
One hunter wrote on popular US hunting website Outdoorhub: “I’ve been hunting for 56 years and this video was disgusting.
“It’s mindless jackasses like this performing shameless ‘stunts’ that attempt to glorify the hunter, but by doing so demean the game animal, that give all the anti-hunters the arguments they need to hate us.
“Shameful spectacle of pseudo bravado. Stop focusing on yourself and show some respect for the animal.
"If you want to take an animal humanely (which you obviously could care less about) then shoot it with a rifle.”
Bowmar’s wife Sarah, who is a former vegetarian, savagely killed another bear with a bow and arrow the day before her husband’s controversial kill.
On their YouTube channel, Bowmar Bowhunting, the pair say they “love travelling the world and hunting big game with bow and arrow only. We seek after the biggest most challenge game that walk this Earth.”
Bowmer boasted online about the spear hunt, saying: “I just speared a bear. I’ve worked so hard. This is crazy. That was a huge bear. I can’t believe that just happened. He’s going down. I drilled him perfect.
“That was the longest throw I thought I would ever make. I mean, that was a 12 to 15-yard spear throw. On the ground. No blind. No back-up. We have no shotguns within miles of here.”
The former college athlete told The Mirror that the killing was “humane”.
He said: “First and foremost, spear hunting gives the animal the greatest chance of escape, considering our ethical killing range is within 10 yards.
“The bear I speared only ran 60 yards and died immediately, that’s as humane and ethical as one could get in a hunting situation on big game animals.
“Trust me, no one cares more about these animals than us hunters, especially me.”
But animal campaigner Kalinina insisted the killing was an act of “pure selfish bloodlust”
She said: “Lured to a trash bin full of bait in the middle of a clearing, the bear is obviously searching for food, only to be heartlessly slaughtered for fun.
“No one could argue there is any skill involved here, no exhibition of hunting prowess, and certainly this has nothing to do with conservation, as trophy hunters often argue.
"This is pure selfish bloodlust, a desire for a thrill and a trophy at the expense of an innocent life.”
This shocking incident comes after the controversial death of Cecil the Lion who was killed by US dentist Walter Palmer in July, 2015.
The American hunter killed the elderly lion using a bow and arrow resulting in an excruciating death which reportedly lasted for 40 hours.
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