I am writing you requesting…

I am writing you requesting that the spring bear hunt be cancelled. Bears are born in January. When the spring comes the mother bear hides her cubs in the trees while she looks for food for herself to fatten up. Bear cubs are still nursing at that time. The regulation states that a hunter cannot kill a bear with cubs. The mother bear is alone obviously with her cubs hidden and therefore will be shot. Especially when they are hungry after a winter of sleep and the hunter has left bait for said bear. This orphans the cubs and they are unable to eat or defend themselves from predators. Therefore a bear family has been wiped out. Bears are not dangerous. Many misconceptions by hunting associations are being put out to make people afraid of bears. A spring bear hunt does not decrease the other animals that hunters want to kill. Hunters themselves are decreasing the moose population! Bears are 99% vegetation eaters. They rarely eat meat. I ask you to STOP the spring bear hunt. It is a disgusting and cruel that the hunting of bears actually happens. This must be STOPPED now! Please do this.

Hunting associations are sending out false information. Maybe its time the government corrects this.