The spring black bear hunt…

The spring black bear hunt should not be reinstated. It jeopardizes mothers with cubs due to the shoot first ask questions later reality of hunting and it is an unnecessary destruction of the life with which we share this planet.
Black bear hunting should only be permitted when the case can be made for the need to control the species for conservation purposes or for the respectful sacred hunting practices of local Indigenous peoples. Otherwise, it is simply murder for entertainment.
This is 2020 and we are facing a biodiversity crisis that is exacerbated by reduction of apex predictors like the black bear. And it is a spurious argument that money raised from the sale of tags will be used for conservation. Our governments should not be making money from this brutality, period. Conservation is crucial to our sustainability on this planet and should be accorded economic priority; the fate of our ecosystems should not depend on the money of those who are entertained by the reckless destruction of animal life.