Bear cubs will continue to…

Bear cubs will continue to be orphaned if the hunt becomes permanent. While it’s currently against the law to kill cubs and mother bears accompanied by cubs, mother bears often leave their cubs in trees when searching for food. If a mother is killed, her cubs will likely die slowly of starvation or be eaten by predators. How can you allow this to happen when it is totally unnecessary.

Hunting bears doesn’t improve human safety. Stopping human-bear conflict is achieved by removing access to garbage, barbeques, and other attractants. Doesn't this make more sense and certainly more humane? And it is so easy to do this without causing pain, suffering and death to these bears.

Bears have low reproduction rates, meaning the survival of adult females is vital for the species.

The province outlawed the spring bear hunt in 1999 because bear cubs were being orphaned after their mothers were shot to death. After re-introducing spring bear hunt pilot projects in 2014 and 2016, the government now wants to bring this cruel hunt back for good, all to appease the powerful hunting lobby.