In a push to reverse yet another Obama-era regulation, the Trump administration moved Tuesday to strike rules that forbid hunting methods on federal land in Alaska that many scientists and conservationists call cruel and inhumane.

A proposed rule published by the National Park Service in the Federal Register would let Alaskan game officials decide whether bear cubs can be killed alongside their mothers, caribou can be shot from a boat while swimming, wolves, including pups, can be hunted in their dens and other animals can be targeted from airplanes and snowmobiles. Animals could also be baited with sweets and killed or poisoned.

The…