Column: Bear, coyote hunting targeted in three petitions

SUN JOURNAL • July 11, 2020

There is probably no other anti-hunting activist in Maine who is more determined, persistent and passionate than John Glowa from China. Founder of the Maine Wolf Coalition, Glowa has been promoting the recovery of Gray Wolves in Maine since the early 1990s. According to the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine, Glowa has successfully filed three legal petitions with the Fish and Wildlife Department which, if enacted, “would all but eliminate bear and coyote hunting and trapping in Maine.” He is also trying to get Maine coyotes classified as “eastern coywolves.” This would open the door to federal protection under the Endangered Species Act. Stay tuned. ~ V. Paul Reynolds