Trump administration ends ban on killing Alaska bear cubs, wolf pups

[dalton99a]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-alaska-hunting/trump-administration-ends-ban-on-killing-alaska-bear-cubs-wolf-pups-idUSKBN23G33J

June 9, 2020
Trump administration ends ban on killing Alaska bear cubs, wolf pups
Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Tuesday overturned an Obama-era rule that barred hunters in Alaska national preserves from baiting bear traps or killing denning bear cubs and wolf pups or other practices that have been condemned by environmental and wildlife protection groups. Under the new National Park Service rule, effective July 9, hunting on natural preserves in Alaska will be controlled by the state, which allows baiting of brown and black bears; hunting of denning black bears with artificial light, killing of denning wolves and coyotes, hunting of swimming caribou and hunting of caribou from motorboats.

The Obama administration had banned all those practices in National Parks.

The change stems from 2017 orders issued by then-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to provide greater recreational access for hunting and fishing in Alaksa, National Park Service spokesman Peter Christian said, acknowledging that the rule-change was unpopular.

“I would say the vast majority of people did believe this was a controversial move and were almost entirely opposed to us lifting the ban,” he said.

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Those aren't 'hunters' they're murderers!

[Dial H For Hero]

6. While this is unsportsmanlike conduct at its worst, it's not mujrder.

A bear can't be murdered, and more than you can murder a duck or a trout.

[SammyWinstonJack]

7. Ugh.

[LW1977]

2. My Gawd November 3rd and January 20th can't come soon enough!

Hate this asshole with a heat of a thousand white suns!

[I_UndergroundPanther]

3. First the birds

Now this.

Bloodthirsty murdering republican thugs.

Killing Cubs and pups that is disgusting. What kind of sociopath do you have to be to kill a little baby cub or a little innocent PUP??!!!

[smirkymonkey]

4. Why? What possible reason could there be for overturning this ban?

Unless you are an evil, scum-sucking, life-hating, murderous bastard! Is this so his disgusting sons can go and shoot some poor little baby animals up in Alaska? God, I fucking hate these people with a passion!

Or is this just another example of this disgusting pig trying to undo Obama's legacy. What a sick, depraved son-of-a-bitch. He can't go soon enough. November is too far away.

[Nay]

5. You know when little Johnny the neighborhood psychopath was caught torturing and killing

people's little kittens? And how he also had bedwetting problems and liked to set fires? He got bigger, but he never got better. A bunch of little Johnnies run the government now.

[SammyWinstonJack]

9. Because Obama, is my guess.

[PRETZEL]

8. WTF, Jr killing endangered animals at taxpayer expense

isn't good enough.......

[bigtree]

10. pathetic

...even more coming

Link to tweet

Biden can reverse these. The destruction in the interim is unfortunate, but these things won't remain under a Democratic administration, no matter how hard Trump tries to scorch the ground.

[dalton99a]

11. +1