Currently, in Ontario,…

Currently, in Ontario, Canada, bear hunters can not bait bears within 500 metres of a home without the homeowners permission. Hunters can not currently bait bears within 500 metres of any public building. Hunters can not bait bears currently within 200 metres of a road or hiking trail.

The current government wants to keep the 500 metre restrictions from baiting near buildings, but wants to allow bear baiting within 30 metres of hiking trails and roads. This is cruel to the bears, and it encourages bears near roads and hiking trails.

We would like the Province of Ontario to ban bear baiting outright. We would like the spring bear hunt permanently banned. We would like the province of Ontario to mandate that all municipalities have a humane, non lethal bear program. We would like all municipal animal services and rehabilitation centres to be able to humanely live capture and relocate bears in human conflict situations p 24/7 without having to obtain a relocation permit each time.

We would like a ban on anyone killing bears with no permit simply because the bear is damaging or destroying property, comes into conflict with domestic animals, or becomes trapped in a building. There are humane, non lethal solutions to these challenges.