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by Samiar NefziThursday, January 20th 2022

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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) —The North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission held a virtual meeting Thursday to discuss a proposal that would allow bear hunting at three Western North Carolina sanctuaries.https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.495.1_en.html#goog_8393858600 seconds of 0 secondsVolume 90%Plan to allow bear hunting in 3 WNC sanctuaries met with resistance

The commission attributed an increase in bear-human interactions and rapid growth of the bear population for the proposal. According to data presented by the commission, there are about 7,000 to 8,000 bears across the state.

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The proposal would allow permitted bear hunting this year in Panthertown, Standing Indian and Pisgah.

“The proposal may also assist in addressing local human-bear conflicts by locally managing bear…