The Pandemic Created New Hunters

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… “States Need to Keep Them.

STATELINE ARTICLEDecember 14, 2020By: Alex Brown Topics: Energy and Environment,Demographics & Economy Read time: 7 minS

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A pair of Pennsylvania hunters exit the woods on the first Sunday of firearms deer season in November. States have seen a substantial increase in hunting during the pandemic.

Conservationists and wildlife officials have spent years trying to stave off the decline of hunting in America. In 2020, they finally saw a glimmer of hope.

“I’ve been working on this issue for 15 years,” said Matt Dunfee, the director of special programs at the Wildlife Management Institute, a national conservation nonprofit that focuses on restoring wildlife populations. “All I needed was a pandemic.”

For decades, the number of hunters—who are mostly older, white males—has steadily dwindled. That’s led to a loss of conservation funding at state wildlife agencies, which largely rely on license sales to support…

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  1. It’s sickening humans suffer from a pandemic caused by wildlife abuse and instead of having empathy for the wild things they go out to slaughter with their feee time

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