Stop the inhumane hunting of bears & wolves on Alaskan national preserves
Stop the inhumane hunting of bears & wolves on Alaskan national preserves
The Issue
This week, the Trump Administration announced a new rule that will overturn an Obama-era ban on controversial hunting and trapping techniques on national preserves in Alaska.
The National Park Service said the move will bring federal regulations in line with Alaska state law, but critics say the practices are cruel and unsportsmanlike.
When the rule goes into effect next month, hunters will be able to use artificial light to hunt black bears, including cubs, in their dens, use bait to attract brown and black bears and bring in dogs to hunt black bears. They will also be able to hunt swimming caribou and shoot them from motorboats and take wolves and coyotes during their denning season.
The National Park Service said the new rule is supported by hunting and outdoors groups, as well as tribal leaders, but the rule change has been criticized by conservation groups.
"Through this administration's rule, such treasured lands will now allow sport hunters to lure bears with greased donut bait piles to kill them, or crawl into hibernating bear dens to shoot bears and cubs," Theresa Pierno, president and CEO of the National Parks Conservation Association, said in a statement last month.
"Shooting hibernating mama and baby bears is not the conservation legacy that our national parks are meant to preserve and no way to treat or manage park wildlife," Pierno said.
Laura Smythe, a staff attorney for the Humane Society of the United States, told CNN that the new rule will open millions of acres of land to hunting techniques that most rank-and-file hunters don't support. "We believe that these rules are cruel and irresponsible," she said. "These practices are used as predator control methods, which means they're used to suppress predatory species to artificially elevate the population of game species."
Please add your name to tell Donald Trump, his administration, and the National Park Service that you do not support the cruel and unethical hunting of precious American wildlife, and that the previous ban should be upheld.
Thank you!
(Source: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/10/politics/alaska-hunting-rule-trnd/index.html)
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The Issue
This week, the Trump Administration announced a new rule that will overturn an Obama-era ban on controversial hunting and trapping techniques on national preserves in Alaska.
The National Park Service said the move will bring federal regulations in line with Alaska state law, but critics say the practices are cruel and unsportsmanlike.
When the rule goes into effect next month, hunters will be able to use artificial light to hunt black bears, including cubs, in their dens, use bait to attract brown and black bears and bring in dogs to hunt black bears. They will also be able to hunt swimming caribou and shoot them from motorboats and take wolves and coyotes during their denning season.
The National Park Service said the new rule is supported by hunting and outdoors groups, as well as tribal leaders, but the rule change has been criticized by conservation groups.
"Through this administration's rule, such treasured lands will now allow sport hunters to lure bears with greased donut bait piles to kill them, or crawl into hibernating bear dens to shoot bears and cubs," Theresa Pierno, president and CEO of the National Parks Conservation Association, said in a statement last month.
"Shooting hibernating mama and baby bears is not the conservation legacy that our national parks are meant to preserve and no way to treat or manage park wildlife," Pierno said.
Laura Smythe, a staff attorney for the Humane Society of the United States, told CNN that the new rule will open millions of acres of land to hunting techniques that most rank-and-file hunters don't support. "We believe that these rules are cruel and irresponsible," she said. "These practices are used as predator control methods, which means they're used to suppress predatory species to artificially elevate the population of game species."
Please add your name to tell Donald Trump, his administration, and the National Park Service that you do not support the cruel and unethical hunting of precious American wildlife, and that the previous ban should be upheld.
Thank you!
(Source: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/10/politics/alaska-hunting-rule-trnd/index.html)
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Petition created on June 11, 2020