Alaska: Shot bear rolls over recreational hunter
A recreational hunter in Alaska remains hospitalised with serious injuries still classified as «life-threatening» after being rolled over and severely injured by a wounded bear. According to a statement from the Alaska State Troopers, the incident occurred last weekend when 28-year-old William McCormick and 19-year-old Zachary Tennyson were hunting in the Carter Lake area in the
A recreational hunter in Alaska remains hospitalised with serious injuries still classified as «life-threatening» after being rolled over and severely injured by a wounded bear.
According to a statement from the Alaska State Troopers, the incident occurred last weekend when 28-year-old William McCormick and 19-year-old Zachary Tennyson were hunting in the Carter Lake area in the Chugach National Forest .
Bear slid down the hill
The 28-year-old soldier William McCormick and his 19-year-old hunting partner had shot at a bear standing on a rock above them. The wounded animal then slid down the hill — directly toward the two men. The 28-year-old was struck by debris and hit by the sliding bear. He was critically injured and airlifted to a clinic in Anchorage.
1,500 brown bears shot every year
Tragically, there are currently only an estimated 30,000 brown bears and around 100,000 smaller black bears left in Alaska. Around 1,500 brown bears are shot every year.
As mentioned on the Alaska Fish and Game website , bear hides are unfortunately “prized” by recreational hunters. Bear meat is generally considered rather unpalatable. Even recreational hunters rarely eat it. More on crime and recreational hunting.
More on the subject of recreational hunting: In our dossiers on the criticism of recreational hunting gather fact-checks, analyses and background reports. What the research says about this is shown by Hunting fact-checked: the state of research.
The position of IG Wild beim Wild: IG Wild beim Wild rejects recreational hunting. Our model is the canton of Geneva, which has managed without recreational hunting since 1974: without hunting seasons, without hunting dogs, without driven hunts, without high seats, without the animal cruelty and crime that go hand in hand with hunting season elsewhere. What has worked there for over fifty years disproves every position paper by JagdSchweiz. An association that bases its policy on claims it refutes in its own documents is not a professional organisation, but a factory for misinformation.
