Editorial: Are California’s bears in peril? Suspend hunting season until we know
by The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
Feb 09, 2022
3 minutes
A century after the grizzly bear was hunted to extinction in California, black bears have managed to stake out territory up and down the state and survive. There is bear hunting in the state, but it is highly regulated. No hunter can kill more than one bear in a season, which runs roughly from August to late December, and no more than 1,700 bears can be killed during that period. Cubs are off-limits, as are females with cubs.
But how many black
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