Three dozen dead caribou were found along a road near Lynn Lake, in Manitoba, Canada. It could have been the work of hunters who had licenses, with those licenses they are permitted to harvest 2 caribou each. However, the fact that the meat was left to rot and the whole animal was left except the antlers, has angered the Aboriginal chiefs.
The Aboriginal chiefs are angered at the waste, and think the province needs to enforce harsher rules for "wasteful, recreational slaughter." The Aboriginal people use the whole animal, from the hide, to the tongue, they use it all.
Winter ticks are being blamed for the decrease in New Hampshire's moose population. To help counter the effects of the ticks that feed off and sometimes kill moose, the Fish and Game Department are proposing to decrease the permits. In 2010 and 2011, 395 moose permits were issued. Right now the proposal for 2012/13 would be 275 permits.
When hunting, the game animal should not be tortured. That is what was going on in the cases that Marvin Ellis was involved with. Ellis worked for a guide company out of Mack, Colorado and guided hunts in Utah and Colorado.
Governor Matt Mead of Wyoming signed a bill Wednesday which would end federal protection of the wolves in Wyoming. The law will allow trophy hunting of the wolves that are predators. There will be a flexible area around the outside of Yellowstone National Park where trophy hunting can take place starting this fall. For the rest of the state wolves will be classified as predators and can be shot on sight.
Recent bear attack studies find that using a gun is not effective in protecting a person from injury or death. Research is being conducted by Brigham Young University, led by bear expert Tom S. Smith. Researchers found that the outcome (meaning injury, no injury or fatality) was the same whether a gun was used in an aggressive encounter with a bear, or if the person had a gun and did not use it.
