Despite overwhelming public opposition and a lack of scientific justification, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved a yearly bear killing season in Florida.

This hunt will allow cruel methods such as baiting, hounding, and archery. The FWC removed check stations and are instead relying on the honor system with hunters reporting online within 24 hours. This could have devastating consequences for Florida's black bears. 

UU St. Pete Animal Ministry continues to oppose this unneccesary and cruel hunt. We are watching the current lawsuit filed by Bear Warriors United, and will continue to contact the Governor and FWC urging them to protect Florida's beloved black bears. 

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In her work at the Better Food Foundation, Unitarian Universalist minister Rev. Jennifer Channin focuses on solutions to make plant-centered dining easier to achieve, whether it's in religious communities, schools, or businesses. However, to get leaders to even consider these solutions, she has to overcome what she sees as the biggest barrier to creating an ethical food system: the belief that it is impossible. She writes, "Our beliefs determine the shape of what is possible, and many of our food system's leaders hold beliefs about food that are rooted in fear of change, fear of scarcity, and fear of push-back. In order to create the plant-centered food system that our world and its inhabitants need, religious communities have a crucial role to play: we can help society believe that a thriving world without factory farming is possible, and that transformation begins in our own congregations."