Argumentative Essays: The People Vs Black Bears

Recently in Florida, gentlemen and women have been talking about the up-stirring event that has taken place. Most men and women who hunt are accompanied by their dogs while hunting for creatures such as birds, deer, beavers, raccoons, cougars, etc. When you see a hunter or pictures of hunters, you usually see a dog/dogs with those hunters. In Florida, hunting is a big deal. Not just any kind of hunting though, this is a special kind of hunting. Florida is full of large snakes and large reptiles called alligators and crocodiles—in the South this is their kind of hunting.

Today, Louisiana has made extraordinary rescues with species that were once considered threatened or endangered. Due to safe planning and the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service projected to remove the Louisiana Black Bear from the list of threatened species. In May 2015, approximately 350 black bears to 600 black bears existed in Northern Louisiana in which $900,000 was invested to restore its population. Severe habitat loss of the black bear is what initially led to the decline in the population. In 1992, the Louisiana Black Bear was placed on the list of endangered and threatened species and in May 2015, they were officially removed (Wildlife Division - Texas Parks and Wildlife Department,

Outside the british Columbia only about one in a million black bears are white. One of these bears,a subadult male lived near Orr, minnesota in 1996.Hair samples showed him to be genetically different from white Kermode bears.

Prior to 1949, panthers could be killed at any time of the year. In 1950, FWC declared the panther a regulated species. in 1958, they were removed from game list and given complete legal protection. On march 11th, 1967, the Panther was listed as endangered. The Florida Panther Act in 1978 made killing a panther a felony. Now endangered in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Today, the panther is restricted to less than 5% of its historic range. Population has increased from an estimated 12-20 in the early 1970s to an estimated 100-120 in 2007. Still threatened by increasing human population and development in their habitat. The panther has a recovery priority number of 6c.

In 1974 bear estimates were between 300 and 400 bears, in 2002 just eight years later with the help of Central Florida Farmers Association approximately 132,000 acres were set aside for bear habitation. Due to these and the efforts groups like TreeHuggerofAmerica, Defender.org and the FWC (Florida Wildlife Commission) the bear population started growing and growing and growing. From three to five hundred in 1974 to a little over three thousand in 2002. As of 2015 the current estimates are four thousand three hundred fifty bears and the amount of human / bear contact has

On Saturday night, August 29th, a bear reportedly attacked two men. The incident occurred around 8pm, northwest of Cochrane in an area known as Ghost public land use zone. One of the victims of the bear attack told EMS paramedics that he was riding an all-terrain vehicle, and the other man was on a dirt bike, when they encountered a bear and cubs. “The bears attacked them knocking them from their vehicles. They had to deploy bear spray, and in a short time, the bear and the cubs departed the vicinity.” Says Adam Loria with EMS. “We heard something,” says Cam Steffen. “We weren’t sure if it was the cows and then it got louder. We heard it again and it was someone calling for help.” In the next couple minutes, EMS responded to an along Highway

When you think of the word bear what comes to mind? Some people may possible think of Yogi the bear or Smoky the bear. However, society sets up a positive connotation for bears though in reality they are quite aggressive animals. Since this is a reality, New Jersey along with others states set up hunting seasons. The New Jersey bear hunt is in two different segments, A and B. Segment A is held within October fifth to the tenth and segment B is December fifth to the tenth. In 2015 there were 472 bears killed within segment A while, 38 were killed in segment B. The bear hunt in New Jersey is largely located in the northern counties. Bear hunting is a necessity in order to prevent the overpopulation of the species.

In the article “Florida’s Winnie the Pooh deathfest”, the author, Daniel Ruth, talks about a bear hunt that went on in Florida because there were too many bears. Rick Sajko killed two of these hunted bears stating “I have been waiting 20 some-odd years to kill a bear in Florida.” The states Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission issued 3,778 licenses to do away with 320 bears and stored $300,000 in license fees. The FWC issued that many licenses out without knowing the exact number of bear’s population. It took only two days to fulfill this task, for which the FWC ended the hunt. There had been five nonfatal attacks on the people across the state. The author states that it did not seem as if the bears were behaving badly. Four of the attacks were simply the bears getting into easy accessed garbage cans. The other attack was a not so smart woman that tried to hand feed a bear, and believed she was a bear whisperer, but soon found out that she was misled. The

Since these categories are getting better the Grizzly bears are growing and their population should be able to be controlled by taking them off.

Christopher McCandless age twenty-two embarks on his greatest journey that will forever make him famous in his journey and death. There is the argument that Christopher was psychotic for going out into the Alaskan Wild so unprepared without any proper tools or materials. Also, Christopher should have told his parents where he was going so they would’ve known where to look for their son so he could be safer and might of had the chance to survive. What you have to understand that, Chris McCandless approached it the way he wanted to approached it because some say he is narcissistic and only does what he wants and it's true, he is but that isn't negative it's what he wants, and shouldn't we all be able to feel free to do whatever we wish. As the reader, you can pick the side you agree with and have your opinion on Chris. Christopher McCandless wasn't crazy or psychotic, but instead a true example of a person who did whatever he wanted to be filled with joy.

The hunters aren’t really arguing for their right to hunt bears; they’re fighting for their freedom. They see hunting as their livelihood. Hunting keeps the population in check and keeps bears from attacking children or raiding farms. With too many bears,

In 2000 there was a black bear mom with 2 white bear cubs in Beause Manitoba. Also in 1997 a subadult white bear named Halo caused such a media stir that that the lesulater for Minnesota gave protection to all white bears. Unlucky for the lesulater because Halo is the only one since.

The polar bear lives up in the Arctic region where global warming and climate change are melting the ice caps that the bears thrive on. They use the ice as a platform from hunting and rest. The random pocket holes in the ice, where the seals pop up at, is where the polar bear catches its prey. With this reduction of ice, “the abundance of seals, and increases the amount of energy and time needed for hunting, leaving less energy for reproduction” (Endangered Species and Habitats).

It is often assumed that failure is a deterrent to achievement. Rather, failure should be seen as a motivator for a person to keep trying until the objective or aim of a particular mission is fulfilled.

Bear is a true carnivore, but if not prevented the black bear could be a huge problem to humans.