Native American tribes oppose hunting of Yellowstone-area grizzlies

[Little Tich]

Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Native American tribes said on Friday they oppose U.S. government plans to strip grizzly bears in the Yellowstone National Park area of federal safeguards, ultimately opening the way for sport hunting of them in northern Rocky Mountain states.

A federal-state-tribal panel that oversees grizzlies in and around the park, which spans parts of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, has said for the past two years the bear population had come back from the brink of extinction and no longer needed protections under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

But tribal members of the Yellowstone Ecosystem Subcommittee have since joined with other Indian Nations to demand talks with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service before it officially proposes removing bears in the area from the federal list of endangered and threatened species.

James Walks Along, the tribal historic preservation officer for the Northern Cheyenne Nation in Montana, said on Friday his is one of 33 tribes that oppose handing management of the bears to the three Northern Rocky Mountain states, where sport hunting is planned.



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[ailsagirl]

1. SO DO I

[LeftOfWest]

7. Agree.

STRONGLY!

[Orrex]

2. If they don't like it, they should go back to their own country.

Oh, wait. A bunch of assholes invaded and tried to exterminate them.

That's what illegal immigration will get you...

[unionthug777]

12. yeah !!!

illegal immigration started in 1492.

[Diremoon]

3. Douche sport

Only assholes kill things for sport.

[Duppers]

18. Agreed!

[RebelOne]

19. Secondly Agree! I hate hunting of any type.

[Sparhawk60]

22. I Support Hunting Grizzlies...

....with crossbows. I wonder what the kill ratio would be with single shot crossbow vs. Grizzly Bear. I do bet that the popularity of hunting grizzly bears will die down.

/get it? "die down"
// har har

[yadig]

4. Little Big Man

One of my all time favorite movies is Little Big Man. Satire is truth with its pants down. When Custer asked Jack Crab if he should go down into the valley of Little Big Horn, Crabs response was priceless.

[Skittles]

5. cowards will kill anything

[AngryDem001]

6. Republicans sure do love killin' things,

don't they?

[cstanleytech]

8. I dont personally care for sport hunting even of deer but if the population needs to be managed then

it needs to be managed.

[2naSalit]

9. It is blatantly obvious to

many of us that the only population that really needs to be managed according to numbers is that of the human population.

[cstanleytech]

11. Ya but they are not going to allow hunting of humans. nt

[wordpix]

15. +10000 ^^^^^read^^^^

[Judi Lynn]

17. Thanks for saying that. How true. "Managing!" n/t

[2naSalit]

23. It would be the operative term.

When it comes to wildlife, "management" means "take" which means kill. Just look at the wolf reintroduction saga, best example I can think, second would be bears.

Management for humans could be as simple as educating people a little and some consideration, but that's too sensible.

[Sunlei]

16. Gov. 'management' of wildlife always means the species is mismanaged or doomed

like the 40 years of Gov. "management" of our wild horses on their 'Federally protected pubic lands"- only led to doomsdays like this-

[CountAllVotes]

10. The grizzly bear is almost extinct

I guess they want to finish the job off, just like they've pretty much done with the native inhabitants of the region!

& recommend!!

[packman]

13. It's in the Constitution - I think?

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Did you ever wonder what and how bears hunt? Now this would be sport - arm the bears. Disgusting that all the effort and work to protect them is now being even considered to be removed so that some jackasses with money and time on their hands can go on a guided tour to get a trophy to put in their house.

[Sunlei]

14. bear hunters will pile up dead livestock to attract bears, like they did with the wolves & turn

more wildlife into livestock/garbage pile scrounging animals.

[They_Live]

20. me too!

k & R

[Coventina]

21. "sport hunting" is an oxymoron only done by actual morons

NO TROPHY HUNTING!!!