In the 1890s, Missouri black bears were considered extinct.

Missouri is now asking residents for input regarding a bear hunting season. Laura Conlee, a furbearer biologist from the Missouri Department of Conservation, said that at one point, the State's bear population was nearly driven to ZERO by unregulated hunting and habitat loss. We find it irresponsible for a wildlife agency to elicit the hunting of a species whose population is estimated at only 840 black bears after over a century of recovery time. The proposed bear hunt lacks scientific merit and there is no evidence to support a regulated bear hunting season in the State of Missouri. The hunt is being promoted as an opportunity for bear hunters to "harvest" a natural resource and participate in population management.

Please sign & share our new petition! 

https://www.change.org/p/say-no-to-missouri-bear-hunt