ACTIVIST ORGANIZATIONS , COMMISSIONERS CONTINUE PUSHING PREDATOR PROTECTIONS .
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ACTIVIST ORGANIZATIONS , COMMISSIONERS CONTINUE PUSHING PREDATOR PROTECTIONS .
While a majority of fish and wildlife commissioners in Washington state might not be on the actual payrolls of animalrights organizations , they ’ re definitely ideologically aligned — and perhaps colluding — with the demagogues .
When the commission cancelled the spring bear hunt , they questioned the science presented by department biologists and , citing the “ precautionary principle ,” believed that the hunt could tip the bruin population into an irreversible tailspin . The permit-only hunt took place in three areas of the state to primarily reduce timber damage and predation of elk calves ; fewer than 150 bears were typically killed .
Of course , the exercise of ending the spring bear hunt was all political theater with a predetermined outcome . The spring permit-only season wasn ’ t part of the overall multi-year management plan and renewed yearly , with the number of permits in each area the only typical change . However , when Gov . Inslee tipped the scales of commissioner appointments to the side of anti-hunters , they used it to stop the spring
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