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Bears must stick to rules – or be shot

This content was published on Jul 25, 2006 The “Bear Strategy”, published on Tuesday, maintains that bears and humans can co-exist peacefully but enables regional authorities to shoot-to-kill if public safety is threatened. The strategy document was widely criticised by mountain communities, hunters and farmers when it was put out for consultation earlier this year. They said the federal authorities needed to make…