Bear hunting is a barbaric…

Bear hunting is a barbaric and cruel practice that should be outlawed not facilitated. All of our native species are in peril due to a variety of global change factors the most pressing being destruction and fragmentation of their habitats, the increasingly warming climate, and changes in fire regimes. However the biggest pressure to Ontario animals, especially large mammals, is exploitation through hunting and harvesting. The people advocating for increased hunting have no understanding of ecology or population dynamics and are using these arguments as a cover to protect their desire to kill animals. This cruel and horrific "sport" has no place in a modern forward thinking society.