Hunting of black bears permitted

Wildlife officials allow limited kills of once scarce animals

CARRIE SPENCER
Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Black bears in New Jersey and Florida, wolves in the Rockies and Alaska, deer and Canada geese just about everywhere - state wildlife officials nationwide are finding themselves allowing the hunting or trapping of animals once thought on the brink of vanishing.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that wildlife causes $1 billion in crop and livestock damage each year, while deer collisions injure about 29,000 motorists a year and cost another $1 billion. Bird collisions cost the aviation industry $740 million annually.

What about the irreversible damage the cattle industry has caused to the West, Mexico, parts of South America and Africa, hmm? What about the draught, wildife eradication, and water pollution the cattle industry brings to our world? How about less of that?!