Florida has produced an overabundance of black bears.
This is all about violating the hunting regulations.
Someone is attempting to demonize the hunting of bears.
I think it has more to do with the WAY they were killed.
Maybe I misread it, but it doesn’t sound like they were hunted, but used as a means of brutal entertainment?
But I could be wrong about that.
Why all the video twain?
This is not hunting and I’m a hunter...usually the dogs force a bear up a tree and the hunter shoots and kills it.
In this case they were basically producing a Dog or Cock fighting video...it’s not right or humane hunting....
Although it does not say it, but they must have cornered the bear otherwise a bunch of dogs would have been really hurt in the process....
It’s pretty darn cruel and evil what they did.
There are humane ways of working overpopulated bear populations.
The baiting is (was?) pretty typical, but I think letting your dogs attack it is over the top. Good way to lose a dog too.
I used to hunt but never used bait or dogs. It wasn’t until learning up on their use that I came to appreciate it more. Especially using dogs to hunt for cougar - pretty amazing. Of course where I live now (Washington State) they have banned both practices. Along with trapping. Even mole traps are banned! Odd though - one can still buy rat traps at the hardware store. I guess some animals are more equal than others.
First they came for the bait bans, but I didn’t use bait so....