Federal agencies are loosening restrictions on hunting bears, wolves and their offspring in their dens, a decision that is being condemned by conservation groups.
“The Trump administration has shockingly reached a new low in its treatment of wildlife,” Defenders of Wildlife President Jamie Rappaport Clark said. “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," said Ben Williamson, the program director at World Animal Protection US."The killing of animals for enjoyment or sport not only causes mass suffering to wildlife, but it threatens whole ecosystems and wildlife habitats."
Meanwhile, hunting organizations and a consortium of tribes in the Alaskan interior argue that the rollbacks support both subsistence and sport hunters. "The previous limitations enacted in 2015 threatened our way of life and our centuries-long sustainable management practices,” said Victor Joseph, chair of the Tanana Chiefs Conference which represents 42 tribes in the Alaska interior, in a statement.
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