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Cornell bans bear butchering in dorm kitchens after 2025 uproar

Headline from Washington Times, from the development of Aug 8, 2026

Newest development Aug 10, 2026 · 4 reportsCornell 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.

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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

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  1. New York Times

    Students Skinned a Bear in a Dorm. Cornell Realized It Should Ban That. (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    After two Cornell University students skinned a black bear in a communal kitchen last year to make a meal, the school changed the rules.

  2. Fox News

    Cornell bans bear butchering after students carved up creature in dorm kitchen (opens Fox News)

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    Cornell University now bans wild game processing in dorm kitchens after two students went viral for butchering a black bear in Ganędagǫ Hall.

  3. Salon

    Cornell has a new dorm rule: Don’t butcher bears (opens Salon)

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    Salon's feed description

    The university updated its housing policies after students skinned and processed a black bear in a shared kitchen

  4. New York Post

    Cornell bans wild game butchering after students carved up bear in dorm kitchen (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    The new policy directly responds to a 2025 incident where two students butchered a black bear in Ganędagǫ Hall

  5. Washington Times

    Cornell bans bear butchering in dorm kitchens after 2025 uproar (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    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.

  6. Blue State Blues News

    Cornell Just Wrote a Rule Because Two Kids Skinned a Bear in a Dorm (opens Blue State Blues News)

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    Blue State Blues News's feed description

    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,

  7. The College Fix

    Cornell bans processing wild game on campus after bear butchering incident (opens The College Fix)

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    The College Fix's feed description

    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…

  8. Not The Bee

    Cornell updates dorm policy after students butcher bear in communal kitchen (opens Not The Bee)

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    Not The Bee's feed description

    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.

  9. RedState

  10. Legal Insurrection

    Cornell Bans Processing Wild Game on Campus After Students Butcher Bear in Dorm Kitchen (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    “We made sure we did everything by the book because we knew we were going to be under scrutiny” The post Cornell Bans Processing Wild Game on Campus After Students Butcher Bear in Dorm Kitchen first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion .

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