The Fish and Game Department doesn’t always have to look to lawmakers—it can also take action via administrative rules. For example, in 2014, when four bears died in an outbreak of mass chocolate toxicosis, wildlife officials, somberly noting that the case “likely represents the most significant case of chocolate-induced mortality ever,” made it illegal to feed bears chocolate. But no such speedy resolution to human-bear conflicts has been proposed, and until someone comes up with an idea that costs no money and is politically palatable, the cash-starved Fish and Game Department has developed
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