In the “Bowhunter” magazine January-February 2009 issue, page 16; Know Hunting, “Politics Take Aim at Wildlife Management” article by Dr. Dave Samuel, Conservation Officer, “When politicians and courts take over game management, game animals and hunters lose.”. This is so true, his article states many great facts how interference will ruin hunting and wildlife populations, please read the article.
Here is a great example, Hudson Bay Canada, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada (The Polar Bear Capital of the World), Dr Ian Stirling, Canadian Wildlife Service, says that Polar Bears may die off from warmer Arctic temperatures. Yet the increase of the Polar Bear population has tripled form the 1970s. There are more than 15,000 Polar Bears in Canada, and over 25,000 worldwide, and seals in the Arctic well over 4,000,000. If Polar Bears will starve to death, suffer, wouldn’t it make sense to start hunting Polar Bears to reduce their numbers so they don’t suffer and die of starvation.
If hunters can’t manage the Polar Bear populations due to laws, Nature will!
It seems to me the general public doesn’t care about wildlife, would rather run them over with their cars or let animals starve to death etc. than to properly hunt them for food, and control their numbers.
People around the world seem to be “Spoiled”, they don’t realize where their food in the freezer, fridge comes from.
Farmers produce animals for consumption not to many, and not to few (control population for supply and demand) and wildlife populations to need to be controlled, over population leads to starvation, disease etc.. Land required for wildlife, should not be sold, it should remain intact for wildlife to have a home, and these areas should be hunted properly for population control.
If nobody cares for our crops, cattle, fish populations, wildlife, the human race will to suffer and die off from starvation.
When I was young I was told you take food, you give back, it is a responsibility we all share.
Nobody should interfere in Wildlife Management, Hunters are needed!
So why do we let politicians and courts interfere with Wildlife Management?