States being asked for ‘right-to-hunt’ amendments

Lifelong hunter Bill Haycraft of Kentucky sees his treasured outdoors heritage under siege and in need of constitutional protection from animal rights advocates. He’s one of many hunters backing a “right-to-hunt” amendment that’s expected to be on his state’s 2012 ballot…

Group wants to end setting dogs on chained bears

A declawed, defanged bear is chained to a stake as hunting dogs bark and snap, trying to force the bear to stand on its hind legs. The training exercise called bear baying is intended to make the bears easier to shoot in the wild and it’s only allowed in South Carolina…

N.J. Fish and Game Council approves 6-day black bear hunt

Before the state approved its last bear hunt in 2005, hundreds of farmers, homeowners, animal rights protesters and hunters voiced their opinions in a final, raucous hearing that had to be moved to the State Museum auditorium in Trenton to accommodate the crowd…

Britain’s Conservatives, back in power, look to overturn fox hunting ban

After queen and country, nothing was more dear in this region of elegant rural estates than the tallyho tradition of mounted riders chasing hounds chasing a fox…

Federal judge blocks planned aerial wolf hunt in Aleutian Island federal wildlife refuge

The state of Alaska’s plan to hunt wolves in the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge has been put on hold by a federal judge…

FWP unveils wolf hunting season proposals

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks unveiled its wolf hunting plan for this season. Increased quotas and more districts top the proposals, but it left ranchers, hunters and conservationists alike with questions…

Montana, Idaho consider increased wolf hunt quotas

Hunters in Montana would be allowed to kill nearly three times as many gray wolves this fall compared with last year’s inaugural hunt, under a proposal announced Friday by state wildlife officials…

Bigger bear hunt approved

The state Wildlife Commission Thursday approved a plan to allow hunters to kill more bears in the Aspen area in response to a growing number of conflicts between humans…

Up a tree: Animal-rights advocates say where black bears will be if hunting regulations loosened

California’s black bears could soon face increased pressure from hounds, hunters and bullets as officials debate whether to expand upon recreational hunting opportunities statewide. Early this year, the Department of Fish and Game proposed four options which could allow an increased annual take of bears, an expansion of legal hunting zones and permission for hunters [...]

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Alaska, federal officials at odds over shooting of Yukon-Charley collared wolves

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game and National Park Service are at odds over the killing of a pack of four wolves on state land bordering Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. The wolves, including two wearing park service radio collars, were shot from a helicopter…

Newfoundland Increases Number Of Moose Hunting Licenses

While Ottawa and Nunavut are battling the European Union ban on seal products, the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador issued new regulations on moose management that would likely also gain the ire of animal rights groups…

Controversial Wolf Hunt Underway in Sweden: Wolves Killed

For the first time in decades, a controversial wolf hunt is underway in Sweden. The Swedish Environment Protection Agency approved the limited cull of 27 wolves, or about 10 percent of the Swedish wolf population…

Wildlife Coalition Condemns Coyote Killing Tournament as Ethically and Ecologically Indefensible

A national coalition of wildlife advocacy and conservation organizations representing more than 70,000 Maine citizens is calling for an end to a coyote killing tournament that is currently underway in northern Maine…