South Dakota could spend as much as $500,000 to promote animal trapping under the guise of boosting pheasants.
There’s little evidence to suggest Gov. Kristi Noem’s Nest Predator Bounty Program will even modestly increase bird numbers and plenty to suggest it won’t.
More birds — maintaining South Dakota as the must-visit destination for well-heeled hunters — should be the goal. Noem’s program essentially blasts an empty sky with expensive birdshot to promote outdoor culture.
South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks commissioners voted to approve Noem’s plan on April 5, but the program began before then. It will pay nearly $100,000 for the distribution of up to 16,500 live…
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Exposing the Big Game 
What about unintended animals?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fur-ban-proposal-in-new-york-city-has-the-industry-shaking/ar-BBW1Qyo?ocid=spartanntp
“Cruelty should not be confused with economic development,” said state Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, a Democrat from Manhattan, who’s sponsoring the state legislation. “Fur relies on violence to innocent animals. That should be no one’s business.”
What’s interesting is this is a comment not from a ‘fringe dweller’ but a state assemblywoman.