I am opposed to a Spring…

I am opposed to a Spring bear hunt for the following reasons -

Hunting in the spring will cause cubs to be orphaned. Just because it is illegal to kill cubs and mother bears accompanied by cubs, the mother may be away from her young while looking for food. If a mother is killed, the cubs are unprotected and unable to care for themselves. This is inexcusable.

Hunting bears doesn’t improve human safety. Conflict between humans and bears is caused mostly by humans not properly taking precautions with their food and garbage. Stopping human-bear conflict is achieved by making people aware to remove access to garbage, barbeques, and other attractants.

Bears have low reproduction rates, meaning the survival of adult females is vital for the species.

There is no reason to hold this spring hunt. It is inhumane, unethical and unjustifiable.