Ban on Using Dogs to Hunt Bears SB 1221

Disgusting--this is not hunting--this
is torture and murder

    In what most humane people see as only the right thing to do, including the Humane Society of the United States, Senate Bill 1221 will ban hunting bear using packs of dogs. During the Calaveras Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, July 24, 2012, Joe Duncan, a hunter,  and Melinda Hoff, a C-21 realtor speaking as a private citizen from Copperopolis, (see UPDATE below)  both asked the Board to oppose the bill.

     Hoff stated how her whole family has many dogs (see UPDATE below) and how wonderful bear hunting with dogs was.

   The Humane Society says its not  fair hunting or fair sport to use dogs to tree a bear so that the hunter can then shoot is out of the tree. There is no actually no humane way to hunt, and it is not a sport, becaue the animals are not equal competitors; they don't have guns.

   And to allow hunters to send packs of dogs after a bear to make it easier for the hunter to kill the animal is not only inhumane, it's a sign of the sickness of people who kill animals for the pure pleasure of watching them die.

   The Sierra Sentinel supports this bill and encourages the public to send a message to the State Senate and Assembly to pass SB 1221.
UPDATE:  Melissa Hoff e-mailed and called us, upset about the story mentioning her as a Century 21 realtor. She insists she was speaking as a private citizen. She also says she wasn't the one who told us how many dogs she has, and that it is not 9.
    We have asked her how many she does have and if she has a kennel license, and await a response from her.

 

   We've asked her how many dogs she does have How m