Once again it’s that time of the year when our legislators will be taking up bills that not only affect Connecticut voters, but also those without a vote, namely, Connecticut’s black bear population. The proposed bill, Bill 586, would allow the hunting of black bear in Litchfield County. The alternative to that is Bill 894, which would require the state to come up with nonlethal methods of keeping bears out of heavily populated areas. Those favoring opening a season on black bear hunting cite the numerous (8,992) reported sightings in Connecticut last year.
In 1975 the legislature passed the Deer Management Act which was Connecticut’s first regulated deer hunting season using the excuse that the deer population was overpopulated and needed to be culled. Today, the excuse for opening a season on black bear hunting is based on little if any factual information, but rather on flimsy and…
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Exposing the Big Game 