The spring bear hunt should…

The spring bear hunt should be cancelled as it was done in 1999 by Premier Mike Harris & Minister John Snobelen. Most hunters are non residents who hunt by baiting bears. Most cannot distinguish male & female bears at bait stations. Baiting is not hunting. Requires few or no hunting skills. Baiting can cause nuisance bears. They are then attracted to human food.

*Female bears are killed including nursing mothers.
*Orphaned cubs starve to death or are killed by predators.
*Bears male & female emerge from their dens hungry & weak & don't have a chance for survival with the spring bear hunt.
*The decline of black bear numbers in the Bruce Peninsula is due to human caused mortality & hunting should be cancelled to support sustainability of this genetically isolated population.
*The pilot spring bear hunt was reinstated by Kathleen Wynne in 2014 now the province wants to make the pilot a regular annual spring season. This should not happen! The spring bear hunt should be cancelled. Human caused mortality & those profiting from the the spring bear hunt is inhumane & archaic.
*Bring back the Bear Wise program! Education & learning to live in peace with bears & all wildlife that cannot speak for themselves should be the way of the future!!