Petition update · Help Protect NC Bears From Trophy Hunters - Please sign our petition

Petition updateURGENT: Help Permanently Ban Spring Bear Hunting In Washington!Help Protect NC Bears From Trophy Hunters - Please sign our petition

OneProtest - An Advocacy OrganizationFL, United States

Feb 16, 2022

North Carolina bears living in the Pisgah, Panthertown-Bonas Defeat, and Standing Indian Bear Sanctuaries are in danger of losing their safe-havens. If the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) approves the proposal (G-13 -Bears), it will open up the three bear sanctuaries to trophy hunters and hunting with dogs.

It's counterintuitive to allow hunting in bear sanctuaries that were established to protect bears and their critical habitat. Furthermore, allowing dogs to enter these sanctuaries will displace wildlife, including bears pushing them out of the sanctuaries and into residential areas creating more alleged conflicts. This proposal does not address the underlying cause, which is human behavior. The basis of this proposal is to address bear-human conflicts, and it is important to note that hunting does not reduce bear-human conflicts.

Please complete the calls to action listed below & voice your opposition to opening hunting in the Pisgah, Panthertown-Bonas Defeat, and Standing Indian Bear Sanctuaries (Proposal G13 - Bears).

Please sign & share our petition. https://www.change.org/SaveNCBearsFromTrophyHuntingInBearSanctuaries

Contact Governor Roy Cooper. https://governor.nc.gov/contact/contact-governor-cooper

Email the NCWRC Commissioners before next Thursday's (2/24/22) meeting.

David Hoyle, Jr., Chair
davidhoylejr@gmail.com

Stephen L. Windham
swindham@windhamdistributing.com

Thomas A. Berry
Tom.Berry@berico.com

Wes Seegars, Vice Chair
wes@seegarsfence.com

John T. Coley IV
coley@bpropnc.com

John M. Alexander, Jr.
jmalexajr@aol.com

Chairman, Monty R. Crump
monty@gorockingham.com

John A. Stone
john.stone@ncwildlife.org

Kelly Davis
kelly.davis@wildlife.org