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Bears, beleaguered by fires and drought, face hunters

Posted on September 21, 2021 by admin in Bear Facts, Bear Hibernation, Bear Hunting Facts, Bear News, Uncategorized

Activists ask state to call off ‘for sport’ event  Nevada’s black bears, driven by drought, fire, and smoke from their habitats in the high country around Lake Tahoe, are about to face another existential threat — hunters.   The state’s season for hunting bears begins Sept. 15, but environmental organizations and  animal activists are asking the […]

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Nevada must put a stop to barbaric bear hunts | Sheila Leslie

Posted on September 21, 2021 by admin in Bear Facts, Bear Hunting Facts, Bear News, Uncategorized

This opinion column was submitted by RGJ columnist Sheila Leslie, who served in the Nevada Legislature from 1998 to 2012. If ever there were a time to re-evaluate the decision to allow trophy bear hunting in Nevada, it’s this year. Our unprecedented wildfire season has decimated prime bear habitat, leaving dehydrated and thirsty bears homeless, no […]

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Pine Nuts: Mama bear’s opinion of harvesting

Posted on October 21, 2017 by admin in Bear Hunting Facts, Bear News, Uncategorized

I’m a mom with two kids and we live in the Tahoe Basin, but don’t ask me where dad is today, maybe over at Taylor Creek checking out the kokanee salmon. We lead a simple life, there being about 450 of us trying to eke out a living here, though it’s getting more and more […]

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Survival difficult enough for bears without hunt

Posted on February 26, 2015 by admin in Bear Hunting Facts

Letter: Despite widespread public opposition, the state Wildlife Commission has approved a fourth consecutive bear hunt. The bear travesty has been layered on top of multiple killing seasons for big-game and other fur-bearing species. The Commission claims it uses ‘science’ to make its wildlife killing decisions, but not one shred of actual science was presented […]

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Nevada’s fourth season for black bear hunting starts 9/14/2014

Posted on September 15, 2014 by admin in Bear Hunting Facts

Nevada’s fourth season for black bear hunting starts today and if controversy over the hunt has died somewhat in intensity, opponents say they remain determined to keep up the fight. Up to 20 bears can be legally killed during a hunt that lasts until Dec. 31, with hunting allowed across much of the east flank […]

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Do Blondes Have More Fun?

Posted on November 9, 2012 by admin in Bear Hunting Facts

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 […]

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Bears are made of the same dust as we and breathe the same winds and drink the same waters. A bear’s days are warmed by the same sun, overdomed by the same blue sky. His life turns and ebbs with heart pulsings like ours.

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  • Bears, beleaguered by fires and drought, face hunters

    Activists ask state to call off ‘for sport’ event  Nevada’s black bears, driven by drought, fire, and smoke from their...

    September 21, 2021
  • Nevada must put a stop to barbaric bear hunts | Sheila Leslie

    This opinion column was submitted by RGJ columnist Sheila Leslie, who served in the Nevada Legislature from 1998 to 2012. If...

    September 21, 2021
  • Activists: Hunters have ‘stranglehold’ on Nevada wildlife

    Nevada’s Department of Wildlife needs more oversight, says state Sen. Pete Goicoechea, who is sponsoring legislation to add two members to the...

    April 1, 2021
  • Black bears under siege in Nevada

    Department of Wildlife kills more bears than hunters do, says critic Nevada’s black bears are under attack by state regulators,...

    April 1, 2021
  • What is the worth of a bear’s life?

    In 2018, the nation’s fish and wildlife agencies in conjunction with their own polling agency and a couple of universities...

    April 1, 2021
  • Coyote killing contests, ban on bear hounding before Wildlife Commission

    Two proposals before regulators this week could align Nevada’s wildlife management policies more closely with the desires of the state’s...

    April 1, 2021
  • Tahoe Tribune Op Ed

    In a shocking display of disregard for public values, the Nevada Wildlife Commission voted on Jan. 27 to expand the...

    February 15, 2018
  • Pine Nuts: Mama bear’s opinion of harvesting

    I’m a mom with two kids and we live in the Tahoe Basin, but don’t ask me where dad is...

    October 21, 2017
  • EXCLUSIVE: ARE NEVADA OFFICIALS HAULING BEARS AWAY FOR HUNTING?

    SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — It’s bear hunting season and that’s always controversial. This year, the debate is especially fierce in...

    November 14, 2016
  • Train People not Bears and We Humans Can Live in Harmony with Bears!

    YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK — It wasn’t that long ago that a trip to see Yosemite’s spectacular granite cliffs and splendid...

    September 11, 2015

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Most of the bear photos on our site have been donated by Mark Smith, founder of the Mark E. Smith Foundation and co-founder of the Facebook Page, Lake Tahoe Wall of Shame. To learn of Tahoe- wide efforts to improve human behavior and discourage human/bear conflict. Please visit Mark’s page at http://www.facebook.com/tbwalloshame

Star of Animal Planet mini series “Blonde vs Bear” and Executive Director of the Bear League, Ann Bryant defines bear advocacy. Some of the bear photos on this site have been donated by The Bear League http://www.savebears.org/ ~ check out Ann’s very informative website!

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