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[KC Denton]

This is a bit old, but I didn't find anything on this with a search and it seems like something interesting for people to know about.

http://www.snopes.com/2017/04/04/house-votes-killing-hibernating-bears-alaska/

On 3 April 2017, President Trump signed H.J. Res. 69, a joint U.S. House and Senate resolution nullifying Obama-era regulations banning the use of certain “predator control” hunting methods on the 76.8 million acres of federally-protected national preserves across Alaska.

The repealed restrictions were enacted in 2016 by the Fish and Wildlife Service after years of disputes between the U.S. government and the state of Alaska over the legality of such practices as bear baiting, hunting via aircraft, killing hibernating bears, and “denning” (killing wolves, coyotes, and offspring in their dens) on or near federally protected lands.

In reality, however, most of those practices were already prohibited to sport hunters under Alaska law, and some of them, including hunting coyotes in their dens and killing hibernating bears and cubs, were permitted to subsistence hunters even under the federal regulations.

Although passage of the law (i.e., repeal of the federal restrictions) won’t likely result in a sudden increase in the slaughter of hibernating bears or denning wolves, it will make it much more difficult for the U.S. government to intervene in such matters in the future, which remains a serious concern to animal welfare and wildlife protection groups.

It feels like making things more difficult to intervene with in the future is what the current administration is always trying to do. Thankfully most of these bad hunting practices were already prohibited to sport hunters under Alaska law, but the fact that groups like the NRA were backing this bill is definitely something to keep an eye on in the future.

 

[mnannola]

This will certainly bring the jobs back.

 

[darkwing]

this was expected

but still bullshit

 

[Akronis]

All he does is repeal Obama's stuff. That's literally it. He doesn't give a shit what it actually impacts.

 

[Xe4]

Literally WTF. Anyone who kills a hibernating bear is a fucking monster.

 

[SeanC]

You snooze you lose.

 

[HellforLeather]

I dont get this at all. Even by hunters logic this isnt sporting.

 

[idonteven]

killing a sleeping bear !! such skill ! amazing!!!


fuck the people that do this shit

 

[Karkador]

Get a job, lazy hibernating bears

 

[LegalEagleMike]

Trump's way is not very sportsmanlike.

 

[darkwing]

I dont get this at all. Even by hunters logic this isnt sporting.

what is not to get?

the bad hombre promised to erase every Obama legacy, this was one of them

 

[iavi]

Can't have any stinkin laws imposing on his weirdo son's favorite sport

 

[Shaanyboi]

How brave

 

[moggio]

What? You're telling me Donald Trump is an unconscionable cunt of a human being?!

 

[BeforeU]

 

[TheOfficeMut]

I assume people with business interests in this type of shit just contact the right people in the WH and they make a bill for Trump to sign, probably with some incentive in the background.

 

[mf.luder]

Is he trying to bring back the fur trade?

 

[2Smashed4U]

What does this accomplish? What is the fucking point in doing this?

 

[idonteven]

his little bitch sons are already getting ready to shoot some sleeping bears !

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

You snooze you lose.

Lmao this got me

 

[darkwing]

What does this accomplish? What is the fucking point in doing this?

Obama regulation = delete

 

[wildfire]

Trump has always been an asshole but this still feels like all new low he created for himself.

 

[thecouncil]

That may take some pressure off Junior's next hunting trip. Phew.

 

[Fulminator]

Literally WTF. Anyone who kills a hibernating bear is a fucking monster.

Yeah, I have to agree. I'm pretty ok with hunting in general, but at least give the animal a chance to defend itself/escape, god damn.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

What purpose does that have?!?

 

[ChemicalCutthroat]

You snooze you lose.

Goddamn that is savage.

But seriously, that is messed up. Especially for any idiots that call shooting a sleeping animal 'sport hunting'. That's like professional boxing, but you never know when the match is going to start and your opponent is hiding in the closet with a crowbar waiting for you to go to sleep.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

as a hunter, what are you doing killing a hibernating anything.

like, at that point its just about bloodlust.

 

[Geist-]

Obama regulation = delete

The utter fucking pettiness continues to astound me.

 

[Linkark07]

Bastard. Killing animals for sports is already bad, but killing a sleeping bear? That is low.

 

[jelly]

I dont get this at all. Even by hunters logic this isnt sporting.

It's nothing to do with being sporting. They just want to be a man, a hunter, doesn't matter if the animal was drugged, they had an automatic rifle or whatever. They get an ego boost and some lame picture. Twats.

 

[Monocle]

Oh cool another literally evil thing this putrid fuck can add to his legacy. Another shameful indictment of the fools who voted for this beast.

 

[Dynomutt]

Just like Trump to want to kill something while sit sleeps.

 

[darkwing]

What purpose does that have?!?

less Obama legacy ? the dude promised to erase everything

 

[arts&crafts]

Hunting for sport is really dumb. (sorry)

But killing sleeping animals just for fun? This is some Hostel level stuff. Soon they will just be a shop where you can pay to kill an animal that is tied up.

 

[Majine]

What the fuck.

He is ACTUALLY a cartoon villain.

Is there a bill for drowning kittens?

 

[bobbychalkers]

Shooting a seasonally sleeping bear, so brave and badass!

That's just bloodlust at that point.

 

[Lorcain]

Another point scored for Team Evil. They must feel so good about themselves at the end of day:

Remember that law that prohibited killing bears in their sleep? I overturned it today. Feels good.

 

[darkwing]

What the fuck.

He is ACTUALLY a cartoon villain.

Is there a bill for drowning kittens?

if that is a Obama regulation, it will be lifted

 

[datbapple]

this man hates anything that is decent in the world. everyday its highs and lows, highs because we find out just how terrible he is and possibly closer to impeachment, and lows because he is still in office.

 

[Steejee]

I hope every asshole that even attempts this gets mauled to death and eaten.

 

[brandonh83]

I hope every asshole that even attempts this gets mauled to death and eaten.

Co-signed.

 

[Ashby]

I dont get this at all. Even by hunters logic this isnt sporting.

Yes, I love hunting. This is not hunting.

 

[Mesousa]

Wouldnt it be better, if you just had to be a dick and kill animals, to do it while they sleep.

Nothing worse than scaring and hunting it down just to kill it...seems like forced suffering.

 

[UpDownLeftRight]

I hope every asshole that even attempts this gets mauled to death and eaten.

Along with the fuck in the office right now who decided to bring it back

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

less Obama legacy ? the dude promised to erase everything

Yeah, though I mean hunting a bear during hibernation. Why? I don't get it.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

for when killing animals with high powered weapons still leaves you insecure about your micropenis, allow me to introduce you to the sport of killing sleeping animals with high powered weapons.

 

[Autoignition]

That'll teach those bears to sleep!!!

 

[Steejee]

Along with the fuck in the office right now who decided to bring it back

Well, killing hibernating bears is just another turd on that heap, so didn't think to include him.

I did get a mental image of the intro scene for X2 but with a bear instead of Nightcrawler, ending with a claw to the face, so that was nice.

 

[Chezzymann]

Who cares about nature lets just convert the planet into a metal death star and get rid of all those annoying forests and animals

 

[Saya]

Guess they need a bear on their wall. Fucking assholes.