AR-News: (AK) Sen. Seekins' bill takes aim at bears

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

By Associated Press 
FAIRBANKS 
The same state senator who last year spearheaded the bill that brought aerial 
wolf hunting back to Alaska now is taking aim at bears. 
Sen. Ralph Seekins' bill, which was introduced Friday, would make it easier 
to hunt black and brown bears deemed a threat to big game populations. Seekins 
said the bill would provide a better alternative than relocating bears in 
areas where predators are a problem. 
"Relocation gives temporary relief to that particular area, but the folks who 
have the bear dropped in their backyard aren't particularly happy about 
that," Seekins said. "You may be creating a problem someplace else while you're 
relieving the problem over here." 
Senate Bill 297 would institute relaxed regulations in areas where the state 
Board of Game has established an intensive management program and identified 
bear predation as a cause of declining numbers or productivity of game such as 
moose and caribou. 



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http://www.news-miner.com/Stories/0,1413,113~26794~1942395,00.html 



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