The National Park Service published new rules for hunting in Alaska, overturning regulations set during the Obama administration. Under the new rules, it will be ok to kill wolves and coyotes during the season when these animals wean their young. This will include pups. Quite a sport, killing baby wolves.
It will also be ok to hunt bears with dogs. It will be ok to bait grizzly bears with doughnuts soaked in bacon grease. It will be ok to use spotlights to blind and shoot hibernating black bear mothers and their cubs in their dens. It will be ok to gun down swimming caribou from motorboats.
These rule changes are mainly at the behest of Donald Trump, Jr., a “trophy” hunter who thinks of himself as a “sportsman.” Maybe he can mount a baby coyote in his den.
See Lisa Friedman, “Trump Administration Reinstates Banned Hunting Methods in Alaska,” New York Times, (June 10, 2020), p. A22.
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