I do not believe that bears…

I do not believe that bears should be hunted, especially not in spring. They emerge from their dens weak and hungry after a long winter of fasting and sleeping, therefore they are at a disadvantage. The female bears may have young who depend upon her for their survival. Without their mother to feed them and then show them the ways of the wild, they will not survive. I live in an area where bears have been seen, just an hour from the edge of Toronto. We've not seen them on our property, but they have been seen in the area. Do we fear them? No. Have they bothered us? No. I believe in the sanctity of Nature and that nature has intricate webs of interdependence that we are only just becoming aware of. For all these reasons, I hope that this idea of a spring bear hunt will not come to pass.