Baiting policy makes zero sense
To the editor:
In my neighborhood, we’re told to secure garbage, pet food, and bird seed so that we don’t attract wild bears. But the state allows people to go into bear territory and set out piles of donuts, junk food and garbage to attract bears and shoot them.
This makes absolutely no sense. The bear baiters are doing the very thing we aren’t supposed to do — teach wild bears to seek out human food.
We all need to vote “Yes” on Question 1, which will stop this ridiculous bear baiting, along with the unsporting practices of hounding and trapping bears. Bear hunting will still continue to thrive in Maine, since that’s what happened when other states ended these practices two decades ago. But people won’t be spreading junk food in the woods anymore to lure wild animals.
Lynn Cross
Caribou
