New Hampshire wildlife officials are drawing up a proposal to curb the use of chocolate as bait by hunters seeking to draw black bears out of the woods after four of the wild animals were found dead at a trapping site from an overdose of the treat.
新罕布夏州野生動物官員正草擬計畫,以遏止獵人使用巧克力做為誘餌企圖把黑熊引出樹林,在4隻野生黑熊被發現因過量攝取巧克力而死於一處陷阱後。
Bears find sweets irresistible during the autumn hunting season and eat voraciously to build fat stores for winter hibernation, said Kent Gustafson, the Wildlife Program Supervisor for the state’s fish and game department.