First Nations and indigenous people througout the world used dogs to help them hunt...............Understanding their need to eat and sustain themselves, using every available means to secure foodstuffs seems logical and necessary........In 2012, the use of dogs in hunting does not compute.............."Fair chase" in my mind means using your wits and accumulated tracking skills to stalk and kill an animal,,,,,,,,,,not having your dog tree or run an animal until they collapse from exhaustion.............The Kentucky State Game Commission plans to vote on whether hunters can use dogs to both chase and assist in their killing bears---SAY NO KENTUCKY!!!!

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Kentucky Could Allow Hunting Bears With DogFRANKFORT, Ky. --

Dogs could be used to chase black bears in Kentucky under a newly unveiled proposal that's being heralded by hunters and assailed by animal rights activists. 

The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission could vote as early as next month to establish a roughly six-week season beginning in August for hunters to chase bears but not kill them, and another limited season in December in which hunters could shoot the bears that their dogs bay.
Kentucky Houndsmen Association member Doug Morgan said the proposal will not only provide hunters with more opportunities but will also instill a fear of people in some of the more brazen bruins that have moved into the state's mountain region.

The Humane Society of the United States criticizes chasing bears with hounds as cruel and unsporting.