I know exactly what it says.  And it says take.

(76 FR 47010) establishing regulations that allow us to authorize the nonlethal, incidental, unintentional take of small numbers of polar bears and Pacific walrus 

The authorization does specifically 'allow' for the killing of both polar bears and walrus.

It just says it can't be 'intentional'.  They call it 'incidental'.

But intent is already determined when they have to issue authorizations for the killings ahead of the killings.


Read the regulation.  I linked to it so people could read it for themselves.

It doesn't say it authorizes 'hazing'.

It says it authorizes taking.  

Federal definition of terms:

" The term “take” means to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct."

Like I said, NordAq signed up to kill polar bears and walrus.

And so did a whole bunch of others.