I would like that the Spring…

I would like that the Spring Bear Hunt be abolished. I live in northern Ontario and have never had nor know anyone that has had a nuisance bear situation and I live directly in bear habitat and have for 13 years. However, I have seen over the last 5 approved years of the spring hunt a decline in bear population where I live as well as orphaned and dead cubs - whether it be hit by a vehicle or dying of starvation due to not having their mother. We know that hunters are not supposed to kill nursing mothers but I do not know how they would know unless the bear was standing. It is also clear by the number of orphaned cubs in rehabilitation centres that many females are being killed. PLEASE let us all co-exist. It is inhumane to bait bears and also to use dogs in the hunt as dogs separate the mothers and cubs. PLEASE abolish this spring hunt. Cubs need their mothers for 18 months.