Cornell University has formally banned students from butchering wild game in shared dormitory kitchens, closing the loop on a controversy that began last fall when two students carried a dead black bear into a residence hall to skin it.
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Cornell bans bear butchering in dorm kitchens after 2025 uproar
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Cornell Bans Processing Wild Game on Campus After Students Butcher Bear in Dorm Kitchen
Cornell University has formally banned students from butchering wild game in shared dormitory kitchens, closing the loop on a controversy that began last fall when two students carried a dead black bear into a residence hall to skin it.
Two Cornell students killed a black bear legally, brought it home, and did what hunters have done for 10,000 years – they processed the meat. Cornell's response, a full year later,
Policy change prompted by 2 students who legally hunted bear, took carcass to dorm to butcher Cornell University has banned the butchering of wild animals in its campus community living spaces after two students stirred up controversy last fall when they hunted a black bear and brought the carcass b…
A couple of patriot students exercising their rights caused Cornell University to freak out just because their latest hunting expedition ended with a tremendous haul that ended up back in the dorm kitchen last September.
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