In wildness is the preservation of the world. - Henry David Thoreau
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"Bears are not companions of men, but children of God, and his charity is broad enough for both... We seek to establish a narrow line between ourselves and the feathery zeros we dare to call angels, but ask a partition barrier of infinite width to show the rest of creation its proper place. Yet bears are made of the same dust as we, and breathe the same winds and drink of the same waters. A bear's days are warmed by the same sun, his dwellings are overdomed by the same blue sky, and his life turns and ebbs with heart-pulsings like ours and was poured from the same fountain....."
- John Muir
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Current numbers for bears killed in 2009
New Mexico: 409 out of a population of approximately 5000.
Colorado: 1080 out of a population of approximately 12,000.
Utah: 201 out of a population of approximately 3000.
Arizona: 303 out of a population of about 3000.
***Data supplied by each state game management official source.
"JORGE"
7'2"
450 lbs. 6 years old: Killed by poachers
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New Mexico Bears are in Trouble!
And you can help....
They are going to open a Spring hunt which most certainly will result in the killing of cubs and young mothers emerging from their dens weak and with no reserve fat. All of this is based on flawed data and inaccurate numbers. This must be stopped, here is how you can help:
- Call your local state representative: at www.nmlegis.gov.
- email the governor at: www.governor.state.nm.us/email
- Gontact the Game Commission at: www.wildlife.state.nm.us/commission/index.htm
