As a boy in the 1950s, I went on several bear hunts in the swamps near Avery Island and have since become an advocate for our official state mammal. In 1987, at the urging of U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

Thank you for your editorial regarding HB 87: “Bill is bad news for bears – and for people.” On Jan. 30 the bill took a turn for the worse with the adoption of an amendment that extends the right to ...

The picture of the beautiful creature killed during the black bear hunt took my breath away from revulsion. Why does this state applaud such a murder? It's sickening. I worked to defeat the bill that ...