I strongly support our right to arm bears.

Seriously though, this would make sense only if they had thumbs.

No wait. Let me try a third time and see if I can say something intelligent without exploding with rage. This is a truly horrific situation. Don't kill high level predators. As a rule, they take a long time to reach maturity, reproduce slowly, and can live a long time. This means they do not replenish their numbers quickly and cannot be "sustainably harvested". (Yecch!! What a disgusting term.)

These are highly intelligent and beautiful animals. They are worthy of moral consideration in their own right. We have a duty to preserve these wonderful creatures for them and for future generations of humans. I feel fortunate to have seen these amazing creatures in the wild. If you must shoot them, try a canon, or a nikon.

If we must kill, for example to eat, let it at least be prey species that are R selected rather than K selected so that they will replenish their own numbers. R selected species are species like rodents, rabbits, deer, etc. K selected species are more like humans and other apes, elephants, and most high-level predators like tuna, leopards, sharks, and tigers.

I'm really completely speechless upon reading this article. How stupid can we be? How long can we leave the blinders on before nature smashes into us and teaches us a lesson?