Cornell bans bear butchering after students carved up creature in dorm kitchen

Cornell University has added a new rule banning the processing of wild game in school kitchens months after two students went viral for carving up a bear in a dormitory kitchen. "Processing wild/game animals in community kitchens is strictly prohibited," the school's new policy reads. The school confirmed to a student newspaper that the rule's addition was a direct response to the 2025 incident, which saw two students drag the carcass of a black bear they had killed into Cornell's Ganędagǫ Hall