How can a hunters see the…

How can a hunters see the difference between a male and female black bear? An annual spring bear hunt will risk killing a mother bear during the spring season – orphaning her cubs who are too young to survive on their own.

This is why I am speaking up against the provincial government’s suggestion to make an annual spring black bear hunting season permanent in Ontario. Although I understand there is a ban on killing bear cubs and their mothers, this won’t stop hunters who fail to make the distinction. Inadvertently shooting mother bears is what prompted the cancellation of a previous pilot spring hunting season, and reinstating it based on a proposed economic need just isn’t enough to warrant the negative impact on the species.

Please do not reinstate the spring bear hunt. It is cruel and outdated and has no place in the province of Ontario.