Federal agencies are loosening restrictions on hunting bears/cubs and wolves/pups in their dens, a decision that grants hunters permission to use cruel tactics in hunting. In other words, it is now legal to hunt and kill animals in their dens.

The National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued new guidance to permit more hunting and trapping in multiple wildlife preserves throughout the state of Alaska. 

This new rule—made by President Trump—allows hunting black bears, wolves and coyotes, as well as their cubs and pups, in their dens, caribou from motorboats and bears with bait at several national preserves. It also permits brown bear hunting from "registered bait stations" in Alaska's Kenai National Wildlife Refuge for the first time.

“Allowing the killing of bear cubs and wolf pups in their dens is barbaric and inhumane...it takes no skill or cunning to lure bears with donuts and shoot caribou from motorboats.” -Ben Williamson

The killing of animals for enjoyment or sport not only causes mass suffering to wildlife, but it threatens whole ecosystems and wildlife habitats.

My hope in creating this petition is to reverse the new ruling by spreading awareness of this inhumane way of hunting animals to the public sphere, and encouraging people to understand the beauty of our natural wildlife and the importance of preserving it.