Two Cornell students hunted and skinned a 120-pound bear inside a residence hall kitchen over the weekend, university personnel said.

Two Cornell University undergraduate students with valid New York State hunting licenses lawfully killed a bear over the weekend. The students brought the animal into a residence hall, where they processed it on Saturday, Sept. 6, Rebecca Valli, Cornell senior director of media relations, told USA TODAY in an emailed statement. A police report was made after a compliant was filed on Sunday, Sept. 7.

No charges have been filed against the students.

The bear was killed in the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) Region 4, according to a DEC statement obtained by USA TODAY. Upon investigation, the DEC's Division of Law Enforc

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