About 50 Native Americans gathered in Carson City, Nev., Monday to support a bill that would prohibit bear hunting, a move that Lake Tahoe Basin wildlife advocates said they back but did not initiate.“We think it’s high time. We’re very pleased the Native Americans have taken this up. We support it, but you don’t tell […]
As part of Tribal Day at the Nevada Legislature, Native Americans are letting lawmakers know they are against the bear hunt. Dozens showed up at the legislative building in support of Senate Bill 82. They say the bear is sacred and that the hunt violates their rights. Burning sage for cleansing and protection, the group performed […]
American Indians from around Nevada will gather in Carson City on Monday in support of legislation which would prohibit hunting of the state’s bears. After critics failed to block the now two-year-old bear hunt by other means, they are now carrying the impassioned debate to the Nevada Legislature by backing a law that would make […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada wildlife commission has rejected a request by animal rights groups to ban the use of dogs for hunting bears. The commission, at a meeting Friday in Las Vegas, voted 6-2 to deny the petition filed by six organizations, including NoBearHuntNV, the BEAR League and the Nevada Humane Society. According […]
The second season of Nevada’s controversial black bear hunt ended Monday with 11 bears killed by hunters. The 11th bear was killed Friday on the east side of the Pine Nut Mountains, said Carl Lackey, a bear biologist with the Nevada Department of Wildlife. Unless another hunter killed a bear Monday and had yet to […]
Sunsets on the 2012 NV bear hunt marking a beautiful ending to a disgraceful event. Photo Credit to Sean Sarsfield
There’s a petition about to go before the Nevada Wildlife Commission that asks to ban the use of hunting dogs when hunting bears. A similar effort succeeded in California this year. Is the use of dogs in a bear hunt inhumane? GUEST: Kathryn Bricker, executive director of NoBearHuntNV.org http://www.knpr.org/son/archive/detail2.cfm?SegmentID=9511&ProgramID=2653
The Bunny Ranch has joined in support of NoBearHuntNV.org to prevent the senseless hunting and killing of bears for the first time in Nevada’s history. Yes, these “bunnies” were at the capitol last year when we presented the 19,000+ signatures to the Gov! Here is the video produced by Dennis Hof! Thank you Dennis and […]
We have received the mortality reports on the 5 bears killed thus far in the 2012 bear hunt. Opening day saw the only and first female reported killed to date. She was a 12 year old sow, blonde except for a dark un…derside, with her hair missing on one foot. Perhaps she had survived a […]
Although they all live in North America, American black bears are not closely related to brown bears and polar bears; genetic studies reveal that they split from a common ancestor. Both American and Asiatic black bears are considered sister taxa, and are more closely related to each other than to other species of bear. A […]
