Esperahol, you are completely right. Our game commissions are run by idiots. In the old days it was more about totally care of the native wildlife and forest land management. The older wiser game wardens knew their stuff. Then as they were weeded out and replaced by new younger just out of collage types, it became this game that is being and has been played out over the country. Lets put collars with tracking devices on animals and see where their going in the wilds. More animals have died from this practice then just leaving them alone.
Up here I hear about collared bears. When I lived in Florida, the state collared the endangered Florida Panther, which was just a cougar. Many times the cats were chased by dogs until treed, then darted to get them out of the tree, with them falling to the ground. Lots of times they were injured or aborted their young. Is that anyway to save a species?
Then they got the bright idea to bring cougars in from out west and put them in an area close to Tampa. These cougars were collared and fixed, to prevent breeding. Since they were totally out of their element in finding game in Fl, they moved into the edges of the city. Some were killed when pets & children were stalked. Others hit by cars and few lived to tell the tale.
It is a bit of concern when out in the woods hiking or camping, of what type of native wild animal you might meet, but to meet a entirely new to the area species that is non-native could turn into a life or death struggle. So if you see a tawny colored animal with a long tail it might be a cougar. If it solid black it would be a leopard. If it looks like a dog it might be a coyote. And if it's big and black, standing and walking on two legs it is either a bear or Bigfoot.
To me the option of hunting is a fairer way to take care of too many animals, then to bring in different species of animals that were hunted to extinction back in the 1800's, and reintroduce them into populated areas.
What do you think?