Dept. of Interior's Bison Hunt Inside Grand Canyon National Park Stirs Opposition, Demand for Cancellation of Hunt - US Politics Today einnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from einnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Opening Up Hunting in a Jewel of the National Park System Would Be Harmful Precedent
WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES, May 6, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ Animal Wellness Action and partner organizations called on Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to halt plans for the National Park Service (NPS) to open up a hunting season in the coming months for bison in the northern part of Grand Canyon National Park. The NPS this week conducted a lottery to select hunters to win the opportunity to shoot the bison in the fall and leave with the carcasses and trophies of the animals. In a letter to Haaland sent yesterday, AWA president Wayne Pacelle asked Secretary Haaland to “terminate a thinly disguised public trophy hunting program within Grand Canyon National Park.”