CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s third black bear hunting season is in the books. The Department of Wildlife says 14 bears were killed by hunters, with the last one killed on Nov. 23. Of those, four were female and 10 were male. As many as 20 were allowed to be killed in the season […]
ASSOCIATED PRESS RENO — A new effort is building to require bear-proof trash containers at Lake Tahoe and other mountain communities along Nevada’s western mountain ranges. The possibility of adopting tighter trash regulations in Incline Village and other bear-prone areas such as Verdi, Galena and Washoe Valley is scheduled to be discussed by […]
THE END TO BEAR HUNTS in Nevada was the purpose of SB82 at the beginning of the Legislature. Tuesday it passed the Assembly – its second house — as a watered down version. Now it awaits the signature of Gov. Brian Sandoval. Instead of banning Nevada’s bear hunt, which runs Sept. 15 to Dec. 31, […]
A bill that originally banned bear hunting, now calls for a three-year scientific study of bear hunting to be conducted by the Nevada Department of Wildlife . Senate Bill 82, by Sen. Mark Manendo, D-Las Vegas, originally declared black bears a protected animal and prohibited the Wildlife Commission from designating a hunting season for them. […]
Just two years after the first legal black bear hunt in Nevada, a legislative hearing Thursday pitted passionate supporters and opponents of the hunts at fierce odds.The Senate Committee on Natural Resources heard testimony for more than three hours from anti-bear-hunt activists in Las Vegas and Carson City, and from pro-hunters in Carson City, Elko […]
This is an oldie but goodie for some of you who have never seen this video! Please share and enjoy! LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (KGO) — Two black bear cubs confiscated from a suspected poacher have been returned to the wilderness. The cubs spent seven months at a Lake Tahoe wildlife center with almost no human […]
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 […]
