Rug Hunting

You'd have to watch an ad to see this article in Salon, so I'll try to sum it up. It's about how an ESA listing for the polar bear would affect hunting interests.

After all, those darn regulations could interfere with your bringing home a furry white rug for your living room floor....
Of the approximately 600 polar bears shot in Canada, about 15 percent of those are killed by sports hunters, many of them American, who pay between $20,000 to $35,000 for the chance to do so.

Isn't that sick?

Should the species be listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, American hunters could still go to Canada to try to kill them. But the hunters would be less likely to make the journey because they'd face more problems importing the head or hide. And, really, who wants to shoot a polar bear if you can't mount its ferocious, teeth-baring head on your den wall to show off to your buddies?

Oh my! What if? That would be horrible! How would anyone know what a champion asshole you are?

Good thing they are opening up a gray wolf season- A trophy head of one of those critters can be the new Boy Scout Badge of Butch Otter-dom.