Alaska Ping
Posted on 02/19/2017 2:09:45 AM PST by GonzoII
Hunters could once again go after bears, wolves and other predators in national wildlife refuges across Alaska if an Obama-era federal law is overturned by Congress and gets the president's approval.
Supporters of repealing the rule, which was issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in August, got a boost Thursday when the House voted 225-193, mostly along party lines, to undo the law.
Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, is behind the resolution to strip away some of the federal government's control over Alaska's 76 million acres worth of federal wildlife refuges. Under the federal law, hunters are prohibited from shooting or trapping wolves while at their dens with cubs, using airplanes to scout for potential grizzly bear targets, trapping bears with wire snares and luring bears with food to get a point-blank kill.
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OKay, so it’s not really about bears and wolves - it’s about the feds confiscating land from the state of Alaska.
PETA protesters gearing up.
I would rather see the discontinuation of state by state salt water recreational fishing licensing. In fact just as there was a decade ago... no recreational salt water fishing licensing required.
Notice the deliberate conflation between an Obama imposed rule that never was voted on, and a law that was passed by Congress and signed by the President.
This was a power grab by Obama.
Arguably, the state has a stronger interest in protecting its resources and environment than some bureaucrats thousands of miles away who may never have traveled outside of Maryland or Virginia and have no idea what the real world is like.
This one does make me sad. Inhumane. And I think we have bigger things to worry about. Like getting mclame to finish drying up so he chill blow away.
What they won’t bother to mention is that it WILL NOT be open season on bears and other animals - it just means that the State of Alaska will again control their hunting, and the (still horrible) Endangered Species Act will be a backup.
As to my own views, bears are a pain in the ass when people go hiking and camping and if every one of them were dead, other than maybe in zoos, I would not shed a tear.
Alaska Ping
Wait. The premise of the article is a lie. Only in the most hyper-technical legalese can an administrative rule issued by the Fish & Wildlife Service be called a “law.” It’s just a federal agency regulation.
When Congress repeals it and the President signs the bill, THAT’S a law.
More fake news from the leftist propaganda machine.
By all means, let PETA protest by chaining them selves to wolf or bear dens.
That would be fine, everywhere EXCEPT Southeast Alaska. An understanding of the life cycle of salmon and a look at a map should tell you why.
I wouldn’t have a problem with that! Lol
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