I find this proposal to be…

I find this proposal to be deeply disturbing. Rather than taking an opportunity to become a leader in wildlife conservation, you are choosing to revert back to archaic and barbaric practices. Ontario's forests belong to all of us, including the animals who inhabit them, and are not for the sole use of violent people who enjoy killing beings who have little chance of escape. Let the forests belong to the majority of Canadians who do not kill, who abhor killing, and who want some places of peace left for us to enjoy. We have no right to exploit these animals in this manner, and especially given the provincial government's recent improvement in animal welfare legislation it is ironic that you are saying some animals are worth saving but these wild ones are up to be hunted? I understand it is a fine balance to making all parties as happy as possible, but this is not an acceptable compromise, not for the people who want to leave nature as untouched as possible and especially not for the animals who will be mercilessly killed. On a further note, given the difficulty of experts in determining the nursing status of black bears it is simply unfathomable to me that you are trusting hunters who by and large have little to no regard for animal life to do so. You have an opportunity here to do the just and moral thing. Please deeply consider here the effects this will have on all of these animals, and if that is not enough then please consider that history will not look kindly upon you for not protecting those with no voice.