A lifelong hunter, J. Y. Jones has harvested every species and subspecies of big-game animal in North America, including a ten-foot brown bear. But the polar bear was problematic, primarily because of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA). In addition to prohibiting a sport hunt for the Alaskan polar bear, this law also prohibited United States citizens from importing polar bears harvested elsewhere. Convinced that such policies and restrictions...
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