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Hollywood Hunk Vows
to Eat Only Wild Game
Chris Pratt, leading man in last summer’s Jurassic World,
made a New Year’s resolution to only eat meat that he or
his friends kill. The actor is an outspoken proponent of
hunting, a rarity in Hollywood.
“I mean I’ll also eat veggies and fruit and other stuff
too,” he wrote on Instagram. “But for one year I want to eat only the
meats that were caught or killed by me or my friends. Total free range
organic wild game! The game plan. Join me.”
His wife, actress Anna Faris, while supportive of his quest,
doesn’t think it’ll happen.
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Gov. Christie Continues
Support for Bear Hunt
State Holds Python
Hunting Contest
Gov. Chris Christie stood behind
scientific management of black bears while
on the Presidential campaign trail in New
Hampshire in January. When Gov. Christie
was asked about the black bear hunt he
reinstated in 2010, he stood by his decision.
“New Jersey has been overrun by black bears. We’ve
gotten more and more reports of bears coming into suburban
neighborhoods,” he said. “I’m not going to change my policy.”
Inundated with non-native pythons,
Florida hopes to reduce their numbers
throughout the Everglades and to conduct
research. To do so, they held a month-long
python hunt that ended in mid-February.
Prizes included $1,000 for the longest snake, and
$1,500 for whoever kills the most. The last hunt, in
2013, killed 68 snakes, including one measuring 14
feet. In late January, the 2016 tally topped 60 pythons.
Coyote Contest ‘Suffers’ Backlash
An annual coyote contest in Wisconsin came under attack from animal-right activists who protested the
competition. Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf claim they oppose the cash-prize competition (a practice made illegal in
California in 2014) because a gray wolf might accidently be shot.
The Sportsmen’s Alliance is leading the appeal to remove the wolf from the protections of the Endangered
Species Act throughout Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota, as populations have far surpassed recovery goals.
According to state officials, the l \