In New Hampshire bear hunters had their say on Wednesday April 8, 2015 concerning a proposal to ban the use of chocolate to lure bears. Last fall of four Bears were found to have died as a result of being poisoned by cocoa-based sweets, (chocolate). The hunters, delivered the message that the proposed ban was not needed to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Commission in Concord . If approved, the measure would prohibit the use of all "chocolate and cocoa derivatives" as bait for black bears starting in September 2015 and runs through November2015. The ban was proposed is a result of the fatal poisoning of two female bears and two cubs in September 2014. They were found dead a short distance from a baiting site that had been stocked with nearly a hundred pounds of baking chocolate. State lab tests determined the bears died from an overdose of theobromine, a...
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