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Protests Throughout the State on Eve of Bear Hunt

October 23rd, 2015 by flanews

Wildlife advocates and state officials have gone back and forth for the entire year arguing over a Florida black bear hunt.  As Matt Galka tells us, hunters can start taking aim Saturday.

Dozens of protestors lined up outside Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission headquarters in a last minute push to stop Florida’s black bear hunt scheduled for Saturday.

 

“We’re concerned that the population could drop down below a level that it could recover,” said Sally Sanders with Stop the Hunt.

Recent estimates put the black bear population in Florida around 3500.  When the deadline passes, there could be one bear for every hunting permit sold.

“We’ve got hunters bickering among themselves as to what’s the best way to kill the bear. That’s even more wrong,” said protester Martina Brawer.

Fish and wildlife officials say that all of the money earned from the sales of the bear hunting permits will go towards other bear management techniques.

The permits were 100 dollars for Floridians.  The sales have generated more than $300,000 dollars for the agency.

“Our intent is to utilize those revenues…to go towards technical assistance, education outreach, and particularly bear proof trash cans,” said Dr. Thomas Eason with the FWC.

Protesters say it’s too little too late.

“They’ve had plenty of opportunity to do the bear proof trashcans before. They’re not about conservation, this commission is about killing, not about conservation,” said Sanders.

The hunt is scheduled to go for seven days, but state officials say they’ll end it sooner if 320 bear quota is met.

Hunting permits will be sold up until 11 59 p.m. Friday night.  Protesters we talked to said it’s too late to stop this year’s hunt, but they’re trying to stop future hunts from happening.

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