[marktwain]

Harvesting about 4-5% of a bear population each year is sustainable. When large boar bears are harvested, more cubs survive. The greatest predator of bear cubs is mature male bears.

[HighSierra5]

The only good bear is a dead bear.

[BitWielder1]

So the ban on trophy hunting deprived the natives of a source of income.
What's wrong with selling licenses to some rich out-of-towners? As long as we keep count.

Let's face it, we are part of the ecosystem now. When you remove a major predator (humans), the bear population will explode.
We have replaced famine and disease as killers of wildlife, that is a good thing.
Now it's up to us to do the job that must be done, which is fine, since we know how to hunt responsibly.

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[Taxman]

The money quote: “The ban on grizzly hunting is a philosophical statement. It is funded by people who do not have to live with the consequences of their actions.”