Interior Department moves to reverse Obama-era rules on hunting bears, wolves in Alaska

[Judi Lynn]

Source: PBS


Nation May 21, 2018 7:01 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is moving to reverse Obama-era rules barring hunters on some public lands in Alaska from baiting brown bears with bacon and doughnuts and using spotlights to shoot mother black bears and cubs hibernating in their dens.

The National Park Service issued a notice Monday of its intent to amend regulations for sport hunting and trapping in national preserves to bring the federal rules in line with Alaska state law.

Under the proposed changes, hunters would also be allowed to hunt black bears with dogs, kill wolves and pups in their dens, and use motor boats to shoot swimming caribou.

These and other hunting methods — condemned as cruel by wildlife protection advocates — were outlawed on federal lands in 2015. Members of the public have 60 days to provide comment on the proposed new rules.

Read more: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/interior-department-moves-to-reverse-obama-era-rules-on-hunting-bears-wolves-in-alaska

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Alaska allows that?

[flibbitygiblets]

2. What's next? A ban on tan suits and arugula? Jealous and petty, much?

Godspeed Mr. Mueller.

[byronius]

3. The new GOP platform is whatever angers liberals. Period. End of story.

They believe in nothing. They know nothing. Conservatism is nothing more than a reflection of things conservatives fear.

Acts of darkness abound.

[dhill926]

10. nailed it....

[uppityperson]

4. Of course they are

[riversedge]

5. Nothing 'sport' about shooting bears and cubs in their hybernating dens! damn

[Bluepinky]

6. Hurts my heart that anyone would want to do any of these things to any animal.

These people are truly deplorable.

[scarletwoman]

7. It's abundantly clear that whatever cruel & barbarous activity humankind can conceive of

the GOP will encourage and condone, and codify into law.

There is apparently no behavior too disgusting, too egregious, too sadistic and sick, to not find favor with the right wing culture warriors.

[Judi Lynn]

8. You nailed it, scarletwoman. What a wretched shame. Sub-human perverts. n/t

[scarletwoman]

12. It's the same white male supremacy that oppresses women and people of color.

They are certain that they are entitled to do whatever they want to anything on the planet.

We absolutely MUST defeat that mindset!

They will destroy the whole planet in their quest to satisfy all their basest desires.

[johnnyknj]

9. Nothing more thrilling

Than the daring and risky sport of killing sleeping bears with cubs in their dens! I hope we can use grenades to make it even more manly.

[byronius]

11. Grenades? Why not personal nukes?

Makes for great sunsets!

[Equinox Moon]

13. They don't want any animals left.

[sinkingfeeling]

14. The likeness and evilness of this administration knows no bounds.