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To say 350 trappers can go out and kill as many furbearers as they want because we have enough furbearers is to say those animals are disposable. They are not. They belong to a public trust.
It has long been a shibboleth of state wildlife agencies that bans on trapping will result in Beaver Armageddon, when beaver populations will immediately “explode” to the point that human-beaver conflicts will become overwhelming. This is a fantasy that has no basis in fact.
The Fish & Wildlife Department needs to be funded by neutral sources. And start defending our state’s mission statement and not putting money in its own pockets.
The Fish & Wildlife Department needs to be funded by neutral sources. And start defending our state’s mission statement and not putting money in its own pockets.
When the beaver floods a driveway, the bear breaks into the garbage, the skunk gets under a porch, or the raccoon gets into the chicken coop, it has been our experience that Vermonters can lose sight of wildlife’s role as a valuable part of our ecosystem.