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Assembly committee advances contentious bill to allow expanded hazing tools and potential future CDFW authority on bear management
Summary
After a contentious hearing, the Assembly committee advanced AB 1038, a bill giving the Department of Fish and Wildlife wider authority to use aversive techniques — including trained-dog hazing — to move habituated bears and other large carnivores away from people and farms.
The Assembly committee forwarded AB 1038 after a long and emotional hearing that split conservation and animal-welfare organizations from hunting and rural groups.
Authored by Assemblymember Hardinwick, AB 1038 would authorize the Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to use additional aversive-hazing tools — including trained dog packs deployed by licensed operators using GPS collars — to deter and displace bears and other large carnivores from populated areas and livestock operations, and to enable CDFW to establish when and where such methods may be used. The author said the measure is designed to be a…
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