Utah OKs plan to kill more bears, extend wolf plan

WTF is wrong with these people…..

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – A troubling number of black bears were killed by federal and Utah wildlife managers in 2014 after they destroyed crops, feasted on livestock or threatened people.

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources leaders hope changes to the bear hunt approved by the Utah Wildlife Board Tuesday could lead to rank-and-file hunters killing more black bears — perhaps an additional 70 to 90 animals each year — and cutting the number that have to be removed by other means.

“None of our employees want to go shoot a bear standing on a picnic table,” DWR director Greg Sheehan told the board.

Last year, 91 black bears were identified as nuisance animals and killed. Most years, an average of 57 problem bears in Utah are destroyed by wildlife managers.

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