This is my response to the…

This is my response to the proposal to allow hunting of black bears which is cruel and inhumane. The hunting of bears should not be allowed all year round but be banned altogether for the following reasons:-
Bear cubs will continue to be orphaned if the hunt becomes permanent. While it’s currently against the law to kill cubs and mother bears accompanied by cubs, mother bears often leave their cubs in trees when searching for food. If a mother is killed, her cubs will likely die slowly of starvation or be eaten by predators.
Hunting bears doesn’t improve human safety. Stopping human-bear conflict is achieved by removing access to garbage, barbeques, and other attractants.
Bears have low reproduction rates, meaning the survival of adult females is vital for the species.
The government has disclosed a need to reduce black bear hunting in Saugeen-Bruce Peninsula due to population concerns, yet it is simultaneously proposing to allow the hunting and trapping of these bears in that region for one week each spring. This is irresponsible.
Even the economic argument for allowing the hunt is weak. The government has said the economic impact would be neutral or beneficial but has produced no evidence to back this up.
Hunting wild animals is cruel and unnecessary, in the case of black bears there is no case even for culling them as there is no overpopulation and they do not constitute a threat or a nuisance and even where they do that can be avoided by other more humane means as above.