YouTube: Take down horrifying video of hunter slaughtering bear with a spear

American hunter Josh Bowmar is featured in a horrifying 13-minute video just released on YouTube showing him killing a black bear with a homemade spear, proudly walking over to it, facing the camera, and saying "Oh yeah, I got mad penetration." He cheers with joy. He lifts the bear up to show its organs spilling out.

This is not a video of a hunt. It's a disturbing celebration of animal cruelty. YouTube should immediately take it down and suspend Bowmar's account.

Any video showing animal slaughter is disturbing, but Bowmar's video goes beyond celebrating a "sport". Even hunters are calling the video disgusting and lacks any respect for the life he takes.

Bowmar's video celebrates luring bears into the open by leaving food out as a trap. He glorifies the use of a spear, which can leave a bear suffering for up to 20 hours while it escapes and slowly bleeds out. He poses next to the innocent dead animal and congratulates himself for the life he has just taken.

It's currently legal to hunt black bears with spears in Canada. But Bowmar should not be given the satisfaction of bragging about the cruel means by which he killed this animal, and encouraging this behavior from other people.

The best way to teach Bowmar a lesson is to remove the graphic and disturbing video and suspend his account until it's clear he won't share other videos that encourage sadistic behavior. Add your name to this petition to let YouTube know you want this disturbing video removed and Bowmar's account suspended.