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I am for BANNING SPRING BEAR HUNTING and many more are with me. Bears are worth way more alive than dead.
https://www.bantrophyhuntingltd.com/trophy-hunting-in-canada
The top 10 exported hunting trophies were (in descending order) the American black bear, timber wolf, grizzly bear, cougar, polar bear, Canadian lynx, narwhal, bobcat, and the walrus. The American black bear was traded more than 7 times more than the next most exported threatened taxon, the timber wolf.The most common threatened taxa trophy hunt trade between nations is the trade from Canada to the US.
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/political-killing-or-economic-op…
“I think it’s just straight politics,” that prompted the hunt’s return, said Liz White with Animal Alliance of Canada, an animal protection organization opposed to the hunt. She called it a “political killing” and said the ministry has ignored its own science that there’s little impact on nuisance bears from a spring hunt.
https://apnews.com/b5afe2e305650f2e73f9f933149dbacd
Ontario, home to one of North America’s largest bear populations, has banned its controversial spring bear hunt after years of pressure from activists outraged
https://pacificwild.org/calling-for-an-end-to-bear-hunting-in-british-c…
Finally, I want to point out again that bear killing is simply not compatible with bear viewing. I can say from my own experience how horrific it was to realize that the beautiful big black bear grazing on intertidal grasses while we watched from across the water with our small child, was the target of a group of fresh camo-clad trophy hunting enthusiasts lining up for a shot down the shore. We need live bears to support bear-viewing, an enterprise where customers often return year after year and get to know individual bears by sight.
https://www.peta.org/blog/trophy-hunters-livid-with-canada/
“By bringing trophy hunting of grizzlies to an end, we’re delivering on our commitment to British Columbians,” Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Minister Doug Donaldson said in a media release. “This action is supported by the vast majority of people across our province.”
https://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-ca/715/245/467/stop-baited-bear-hunt…
Please do not bring back the Spring Bear Hunt, and please ban trophy hunting.
The list goes on.
Submitted January 31, 2020 6:39 PM
Comment on
Proposed changes to black bear hunting regulations
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