Tuesday’s article about the 11-year-old boy shooting a 502-pound black bear leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth (“Hunter, 11, bags 502-pound black bear in Maine,” Sept. 30). And the more I think about it, the more upset I become. How can this kind of chase be called “hunting”? Dogs chase a scared […]

Question 1, if passed, will have a significant impact on both the animals and people in Maine. The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife use conservation techniques to manage the wildlife population, including seasonal hunting and ethical hunting tactics. An example is the wild turkey. At one time, Maine’s wild turkey population was nonexistent. Now, […]

What’s turning the “kings of the forest into beggars on the street,” as state biologist Randy Cross told The Boston Globe? Human junk food. Maine allows the dumping of 7 million pounds of stale doughnuts, rotting meat and old fryolator grease into our woods every year. Majestic black bears are gorging themselves on this food […]

In regard to Question 1 (Maine’s bear hunting referendum), I urge all Mainers to support the work of our state biologists and vote “no.” Maine has a healthy bear population that is truly an asset to our state. Our biologists are nationally recognized and have over 40 years of scientific data that support the methods […]