Fish And Wildlife Commission Reconsidering Bear Hunt

{Frankfort, Kentucky}...Hunters have persuaded the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission to reconsider a proposal to set aside a week each year for shooting a limited number of bears that dogs have chased up trees or cornered on the ground after wildlife officials decided to scrap the proposal two weeks ago after the Humane Society of the United States criticized the practice as cruel and unsporting. Under the proposal, hunters, known as houndsmen, would have about four weeks set aside each year to chase bears with dogs and to allow them to shoot some of the bears during one of those weeks.