Young Bear Fair Game, Md. Hunting Officials Say

From: The Washington Post | Date: October 27, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

The first bear killed in Maryland was small, certainly -- at 84 pounds, the smallest of all 20 bears killed by hunters during a hunt that began and ended Monday. She also was young, perhaps just 10 months old.

But was she a cub?

Yesterday that emotionally charged term, with associations of fairy tales and fuzzy helplessness, was at the center of the fallout over Maryland's first bear hunt in 51 years.

Anti-hunting groups, and some biologists, said this first bear was a cub. Angry callers referred to her as such yesterday when they called to complain about the hunt.

"Oh my God, they killed a ...

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