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Hunters defend use of chocolate bait

Hunters in New Hampshire spoke out on Wednesday against a proposal to ban the use of chocolate to lure bears, following the deaths in fall of four bruins that were found to have been poisoned by cocoa-based sweets. The hunters, arguing that the proposed ban was an overreaction, addressed the New Hampshire Fish and Game Commission at a packed public hearing in Concord, the state capital.