Bill Introduced to End Bear Hunting in California
Photo courtesy of Sportsmen s Alliance February 02, 2021 By Sportsmen s Alliance
California State Senator Scott Wiener introduced legislation that would end all bear hunting. California Senate Bill 252 would make it unlawful to hunt or take bears in the state by designating bears as a nongame mammal.
This legislation is the final step in California s movement toward the elimination of all hunting for major predators. Despite their abundant population and frequent conflicts with people, pets and livestock, mountain lion hunting has been illegal since 1990.
In 2012, the California legislature narrowly approved a ban on bear hunting using hounds after it had been rejected several times. In 2019, Gov. Newsome signed Assembly Bill 1254, which ends all bobcat hunting until at least 2025; given the extreme financial commitment required to reopen it, bobca