The name of the department is NYSDEC -- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The name sounds benign and if I would guess they would be making efforts to protect the unprotected land and wildlife in NY.
Some of their methods of protection are controversial. They do research studies on wildlife populations in their regions (they are organized into Regions). One of their proposals is to study bobcat and fisher populations in the Broome, Chenango and Delaware Region of NY. The method they will be employing is to allow controlled trapping of bobcat and fisher. They will then keep statistics on the population that is trapped for their fur.
This is not a done deal. They are accepting public comments on this change to the trapping regulations now. If you feel the urge, please send your comments.
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Personally amazed, that at this time faced with confrontations of human suffering and greater political issue, find it necessary to attack and potentially annihilate yet other lessers under the auspices of control and study. This is truly barbaric political rational for profit at its finest.
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