Trump administration appeals ruling that blocked grizzly bear hunts around Yellowstone

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Dec. 23, 2018 / 10:03 AM CST
By Associated Press

When the ruling came down in October, Wyoming and Idaho were on the cusp of hosting the first, public grizzly bear hunts in the Lower 48 U.S. states since 1991.

BILLINGS, Mont. — U.S. government attorneys filed notice Friday that they are appealing a court ruling that blocked the first public hunts of grizzly bears in the Northern Rockies in decades.

The appeal challenges a judge's ruling that restored threatened species protections for more than 700 bears in and around Yellowstone National Park.

Protections for the animals had been removed in 2017. When the ruling from U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen came down in October, Wyoming and Idaho were on the cusp of hosting their first public hunts for grizzly bears in the Lower 48 U.S. states since 1991.

Federal biologists contend Yellowstone-area grizzlies have made a full recovery after a decades-long restoration effort. They want to turn over management of the animals to state wildlife agencies that say hunting is one way to better address rising numbers of bear attacks on livestock.


Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-administration-appeals-ruling-blocked-grizzly-bear-hunts-around-yellowstone-n951366

[Bayard]

1. Like wolves

Their numbers have risen back to a sustainable number so let's start killing them again. And as usual, livestock gets killed because ranchers insist on putting cattle on bears'/wolves'/mountain lions' turf--mostly government owned land that ranchers lease for a pittance. Our land, our wildlife, our responsibility.

[red dog 1]

2. K&R, thanks for posting, Judi Lynn

He's pure evil, imo.

[Judi Lynn]

8. It's true, he's totally evil, the entire world, including his idiotic supporters, are doomed

if something can't be done to get the keys of power away from him.

He has NEVER been fit for any tiny part of that position, and he has done horrendous damage already.

Thank you, red dog 1.

[MFM008]

3. Why does the POS

Hate animals?

[MBS]

7. Good question

How the "pro-life" can buy his BS is beyond me. He's the most anti-life president in our history.
He doesn't care about animals.
He doesn't care about humans - and about the most vulnerable among us, least of all.
He and his posse seem determined to destroy all of our natural resources as fast as possible.

Cruelty and greed are his hallmarks.

[keithbvadu2]

4. Erik and Don Jr must want to go killing again.

[Harker]

5. I have no trouble rooting for the bear

in that situation. It takes no particular bravery to kill an animal with a rifle. What possible value lies in killing for "sport"? Human "management" of wild animals is too often skewed by hunting advocates who want a head on their wall... punks like the little Trumpskys.

[keithbvadu2]

6. In February 2018, a pride of lions killed and ate a man suspected of being a poacher near Kruger Nat

In February 2018, a pride of lions killed and ate a man suspected of being a poacher near Kruger National Park in South Africa.

Karma

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lions-kill-poacher-south-africa/