[Krankor]

How about killing them in a management system to prevent overpopulation and starvation because they have no natural enemy but man - and then taking the occasion to make a trophy and generate tourism interest and revenue instead of doing it for nothing?
Sure, that sounds like a great idea. Except, if the goal was truly that, then the best "trophies" would be the sickest, mangiest bears- the ones most likely to suffer and/or starve to death due to overpopulation.

[Trteamer]

First of all, it is illegal to waste the meat, so your trophy hunter argument does not hold water. The money paid for the license is used to fund research and game management in order to ensure the populations remain stable. Just because you don’t like hunting does not matter, what matters is that the bear populations remain within their carrying capacity.

A good bear roast can taste just like prime rib. Honestly. No one wants to eat a sick mangy bear. Do you?