They can be killed, but there is a process to follow. While no longer endangered, they are still protected. And I need my federal and state paper to do my job.
The process is really not that difficult. We learned this in the second episode of South Park.
JIMBO
That there's a Rocky Mountain Black
Bear. One of the few remaining of
its kind. Isn't it beautiful?
The bear just sits there and blinks.
JIMBO
My God it's coming right for us!!!
Jimbo whips out his huge rifle and shoots the bear dead.
Stan can't believe his eyes.
STAN
Hey! It wasn't coming right for us!
It was just sitting there!
JIMBO
SHHH! Not so loud!! Now that there's
just a technicality.
KYLE
What d'ya mean?
JIMBO
You see boys, the Democrats have
passed a lot of laws trying to stop
us from hunting.
CARTMAN
Democrats piss me off!
JIMBO
They say we can't shoot certain
animals anymore unless they're posing
an immediate threat. Therefore, before
we shoot something, we have to say;
"It's coming right for us!"