DO NOT BRING BACK THE SPRING…

DO NOT BRING BACK THE SPRING BEAR HUNT.
Baiting hungry bears after hibernation in order to get That Shot, is cruel and inhumane. Humans comfortably sit in a blind so the bear can't see or smell them. The bear smells the food, comes to eat it and the humans shoot it. These people call themselves sportsmen. How sporting is that practice??????

I know someone who did have or maybe still has a bear hunt camp and it is disgusting to think how hunters can call kill when the bear has NO CHANCE against them. If the bear us female, the cub has no chance. Cubs stay with and are taught by their sows for two years. If the sow is shot, the cub is orphaned and itself has little chance of survival without the milk from its mother or knowing the skills of what to eat, how to hunt, and generally survive. I know the law said not to shoot female bears but how does one tell the difference from the front?

Overall, bears are not a problem for humans. The humans cause the problem of their presence when they do not store food or garbage properly. When visiting or camping, humans lure bears with food just to see them. Then the bear become habituated and may attack the human when there is no food. Whose fault is that? Humans want that photo with a wild bear and puts himself in danger. Whose fault it that? Again, the bear is killed when it is behaving as a wild animal must behave for survival.

I have little problem with people who truly hunt, kill cleanly and eat the meat. I do have a problem with people who only want the skin or the head and leave the meat. There is enough food for scavengers without the addition of a dead bear. The lead bullet then works its way through the food chain killing all animals and birds that eat it.

Does this government want to protect our environment and animals for further humans to enjoy?? Or do they want to live in a silent, empty world with no bees to pollinate plants for our food so owe, ourselves starve? I realize moving on to bees here is a whole other topic but the whole scenario applies.

The economic gain for suppliers or camp owners for hunters is negligible compared to the damage caused by careless, ego driven "hunters". There are many other sports for which they may supply clothing, transportation, gear and many, many other products.

DO NOT bring back this bear hunt. We need all our native animals to balance our environment