Letters to the EditorPalm Beach Post
November 9, 2015
Slaughter of Bears was Unnecessary
Thank you, Palm Beach Post, for documenting this unnecessary slaughter of black bears (“Inside Florida’s black bear hunt”; Brianna Soukup; Oct. 31). As Frank Cerabino noted in his column “Domestic dogs more dangerous than bears,” dogs are more harmful.
The slaughter of bears had nothing to do with human-bear conflicts. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission already removes and kills these bears. The bears slaughtered were innocent, harmless animals living in the woods. This hunt was just a waste of animal resources. This harvesting took place in bear habitat.
The hunt did not provide a fair chance for the bears. They were drawn to food put out for deer, where they were easy targets. Female bears with cubs were taken. In one case, a cub was killed. Other cubs without mothers will probably die.
The process of educating the public to secure their garbage needs enforcement. The FWC has failed to work with communities in a positive manner, preferring the easy solution of destroying the black bear population.
The FWC is no longer listening to the majority of Floridians who want to preserve nature.
DREW MARTIN
LAKE WORTH
13 comments:
100% right. I hope this is the end for some bureaucrats and "law makers" in Tally.
Thanks, excellent article. What once made Florida wild and beautiful is the same formula that will keep it diversified and sustainable. Do we really need more condo commandos or armchair warrior dentists essentially shooting fish in a barrel to prove their masculinity?
FWC commissioners are appointed by Rick Scott and they are primarily developers who really have no interest in the preservation of Florida's wildlife habitat. Elections have consequences and Floridians can only blame themselves for electing a Republican Governor who is only following the status quo for conservatives these days.
6:54...that is so true. The governor trusted the FWC's board to make the right decision to keep families safe. He screwed up on his "trust" this time. also, he didn't pay the least bit attention to the 90,000 signatures opposing this bear slaughter. It is more than disappointing.
Gov Scott has been more than disappointing, he has been running a criminal enterprise. All for his cronies not for us citizens. Nothing we should be surprised with that given his history pleading the 5th so many times when he was running his medical company.
And we're are the 'million' jobs he promised?
Wow, anonymous at 6:29...I certainly see it much differently than do you. Since December 2010, Florida has created over 941,000 private sector jobs and the state's unemployment rate continues to drop. Just Google it. Criminal?
The same guy who is killing bears is feeding his right wing base BS about his job growth.
Politifact.
Read. Learn. Know the facts. Not the BS that the Governor killing bears is feeding you.
http://www.politifact.com/florida/promises/scott-o-meter/promise/588/create-over-700000-jobs/
Bear hunting. What's the big deal? New York also has a bear hunting season. I don't see New Yorkers rioting. If we want to make more habitat for bears, we should return the foreigners to their own countries, and then mow all the housing developments west of the Turnpike.
Yea and while we're at it lets send all the damn Yankees back north!
Follow the Money - Find the Truth
Wasn't there a revenue generator in the form of "Permits"?
Pay to Play is obvious in every area to Sustain Gov!
Some you like but some you don't...
I think it's a wake up call that Sustainability means
one thing to the people and possibly the exact opposite
to Gov who will prostitute themselves for a dime!
You all act as if it was the legislators or Scott himself made the ruling that the bear population was getting too big and needed culling. So to take it one step further, the professionals Scott appoints to Florida Wildlife Commission are there only to kill bears.
In South Florida, we don't have a problem with bears. There was one a few years ago that was spotted near Southern Blvd and the Turnpike and was eventually tranquilized and relocated and eventually killed in Ga. I think.
Bears roam wide territories. Yes, they make messes of people's garbage. It is too simple to say people should keep their garbage better protected. Unless it is a bear-proof container all it accomplishes is to keep racoons and oppossums out.
Why no bellyaching about the amount of deer "slaughtered" each year by permit (hunting license) to keep their population in check? What are they harming? I don't have a problem with the bear hunt as long as the animal didn't go to waste.
I HATE hunting, period. As it's legal, there is not one darn thing I can do about it. We are the ones who have taken over their habitat so to complain about overturned garbage cans just doesn't get any sympathy with me.
It just amazes me that we have so many people who love to kill for the thrill.
Hunters work hand-in-hand with the state to maintain a healthy ecosystem. Too many deer and you have forests stripped of their leaves and many deer suffering a painful death by hunger in the winter. Does that sound good? No, it's not. Too many deer, and the state will use a deer-hunting season to control the population. Too many bears, and the same. I'm with the guy above. I don't have a problem as long as hunters use what they kill. Bear rugs are nice.
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