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Prohibits Bear Hunt

Bill Number: MD H.B. 657
Bill Status: Failed
HSUS Position: Support
Bill Sponsor(s): Del. Barbara Frush (D, 21)
Legislature Status: Adjourned

Reclassifies black bears as nongame mammals; prohibits the DNR from establishing an open season on bears; prohibits the DNR from reducing the bear population, with certain exceptions.

	Black Bears
	Maryland's Black Bear Hunt: Back and Worse Than Ever
	Maryland's Trophy Hunt of Black Bears
	New Data Reveals High Number of Cubs Killed in Maryland's Annual Black Bear Trophy Hunts
	New Survey Finds Maryland Voters Oppose Bear Hunting, Want Governor O’Malley to Cancel Bear Hunt
	The Hunting Campaign--OLD
	The Toll from Maryland's Bear Hunt
	Un-Bearable Trophy Hunting

Text of H.B. 657



	Wayne Pacelle on the MD Bear Hunt