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MISSOURI WANTS TO HAVE A BEAR HUNT

Missouri is home to ONLY 540-840 bears.

Please sign this petition asking Ms. Baumer, Public Involvement Coordinator for Missouri Department of Conservation, to oppose a 'hunt' and to consider adopting Florida's successful non-lethal management programs and #BearWise initiatives, including public education and trash securing options.

Thank you for speaking up for the Bears of Missouri!

Katrina Shadix, Executive Director of Bear Warriors United

P.O. Box 622621, Oviedo FL 32762-2621

407-702-3576

Other ways you can help:

1. Comment on the Missouri Dept. of Conservation FB page's bear hunt post:
https://www.facebook.com/moconservation/videos/557358085210990/

My comment on the MDC Bear Hunt post:
NO BEAR HUNT PLEASE.
Non-lethal management and bear education is the answer to people peacefully co-existing with native wildlife..especially with bear numbers this low.
We have been beary successful in Florida with the FWC's BearWise program.
Please contact FWC's Bear Management Team Dave Telesco and Mike Orlando for assistance, or my org Bear Warriors United for ways to be proactive, responsible and successful in bear management.
Important to note: Bear killers posing as hunters are selling bear body parts to the Asian Black Market for fake Chinese medicine.
Missouri, don't be a part of animal cruelty, wildlife traficking, exploitation and species extinction.

2. Submit comment through June 5 online: mdc.mo.gov/bears.

3. Mail written comments to:
Missouri Department of Conservation, Attention Michele Baumer, PO Box 180, Jefferson City MO 65102.