A bear in the yard isn’t a crisis, it’s Tuesday

This commentary is by Carol Winfield, a zoologist, naturalist and wildlife educator and rehabilitator who lives in Vermont.I am writing to beg the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department not to extend bear season into the time when these animals are metabolically slowing down and denning up for the winter. No true sportsman should ever consider allowing such an abhorrent practice as to kill a bear in its den, and extending the season into mid-December makes that more likely, not less. Other