Activist group Shoot’em with a
Camera seeks to infiltrate a bear hunt by acquiring licenses they don’t intend
to use
Amanda Holpuchin New
York
Wed 18 Jul
2018 18.05 BSTLast modified on Wed 18 Jul 2018 20.02 BST
Jane Goodall, the renowned
conservationist, and a group of wildlife activists are some of the unexpected
entrants in a lottery to hunt up to 22 grizzly bears near Yellowstone national
park.
Their goal is to infiltrate Wyoming state’s
first grizzly bear hunt in 44 years by acquiring licenses they have no
intention of using.
“We just thought it was a really
proactive and specific way to get our voices heard,” Judy Hofflund, one of the
organizers of the lottery protest, told the Guardian. “We wanted to protect the
grizzlies and we would agree to pay for a tag, do everything legally, and shoot
them with a camera and not with a gun.”
In June 2017, the US government
delisted grizzly bears as an endangered species despite the
pleas of conservationists. This allowed Wyoming,
Montana and Idaho to
plan limited bear hunts.
And in May, Wyoming’s Game and
Fish commission voted 7-0 in favor of a grizzly bear hunt.
“The bears are still so
vulnerable,” Hofflund said. “It’s crazy that seven people get to decide that
these bears get to be hunted so soon. That feels pretty nutty to me.”
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