The Bear hunt
I'm against this.
The Government of British Columbia is allowing a hunt for trophies while at the same time trying to protect the same bears from extinction.
I'll have to admit that as smart as I believe I am that it doesn't make sense to me.
Trophy hunting for bears doesn't either.
I get hunting for food makes sense. I'm not vegan or a vegitarian and as a species we have to eat but killing something and putting it up in your home doesn't mean anything to me.
Mostly because I don't believe there's actually any danger, risk or talent to hunting a bear.
It always reminds me of a friend's husband who brags about hunting with friends and bringing home Buffalo. He goes into a pen with a buffalo and shoots it, then while he and his friends drink beer the farmer comes over and takes the Buffalo away to clean.
Anybody that knows how long it takes to clean Buffalo knows the one he shot isn't the meat he's handed an hour later. Can't be done.
It's a weird farse.
It's for people who need to feel they have power over nature, it's for people who live in fear of nature. But all the dead bears in the world, won't stop an asteroid hitting the Earth.
Many people hunt bear for its meat. It is not only unethical but illegal to hunt an an animal and waste its meat. Any lawful hunt results in the harvest of the animals meat and pelt.
Hunting in Alberta generates around 300 million dollars in annual revenue. This is big money, and helps in conservation efforts of both land and animals.
https://www.apos.ab.ca/media/13785/the-economic-impact-of-outfitted-hunting-in-alberta.pdf
Also, the deer population in Alberta has significantly stabilized since hunting regulations were put in place =)
The only thing I could see that could make any sense would be to allow people who want to pay a fortune to hunt on bears that have to be put down because they have become a danger if they can't safely be relocated to a remote area. Then the fortune could be used to protect the wild bears and purchase more habit.
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I think we have dominion over the animals. And humans are greater than animals. No human should be outside without a coat, when a bear is warm with the coat it has.
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