US EditionCornell Students Kill Bear, Bring It Into Residence Hall to Skin and Butcher
The two students legally hunted a 120-pound black bear in a DEC Region 4 area and processed it in their dorm kitchen without violating environmental laws, officials said.
- Two undergraduate students from Cornell University, authorized to hunt in New York State, legally took down a 120-pound black bear in DEC Region 4 and then prepared the animal in a kitchen inside Ganedago Hall on Saturday, September 6.
- Although the black bear was taken before the official bear hunting season started on October 1 near Ithaca, the early firearms hunting season had already opened on September 6 in the Catskills, and a DEC investigator found no violations during a September 7 inspection.
- The bear carcass was skinned and butchered in the dorm kitchen, where the meat was refrigerated, leading to complaints from classmates and social media users about health risks.
- According to health officials in New York State, trichinosis—a parasitic infection from consuming raw or undercooked meat—can, in rare cases, result in deadly complications, a concern that has been highlighted by users on Reddit and other social media platforms.
- Investigations by Cornell and the DEC determined that no laws or regulations related to environmental conservation were breached, no misconduct was identified, and no charges were filed following a police report submitted late Sunday night.
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Cornell students kill bear, bring it into residence hall to skin and butcher
ITHACA, N.Y. (WSYR) – Students at Cornell University in upstate New York are concerned after two undergraduates killed a bear and brought it back to their dorm hall, a spokesperson for the school said. Over the weekend, the students, who are confirmed to have valid New York State hunting licenses, killed the animal and brought it back to a dorm building "for processing," the spokesperson wrote in a statement shared with Nexstar's WSYR. "A police…
Students legally skinned, butchered black bear carcass at Cornell residence hall
Two Cornell University students killed a 120-pound black bear and brought it to their dorm where they skinned and butchered its carcass, as first reported by The Cornell Daily Sun on Tuesday. Officials told NBC News Thursday that the two students had “valid New York State hunting licenses” and the bear was killed legally over the weekend. From backlash to praise Some on social media have questioned whether the bear was a cub based on its weight…
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