I am totally against the…

I am totally against the cruel and needless trophy hunting of bears. Apart from the fact that I don't understand the wish to kill for the "fun" of it -- I don't agree with the way this is done. Yes, it is against the law to kill cubs and mother bears accompanied by cubs,but mother bears often leave their cubs while searching for food. If a mother is then killed, her cubs may well then die of starvation, or be eaten by predators. And I don't understand why the government is disclosing the need to reduce black bear hunting in Saugeen-Bruce Peninsula due to population concerns, yet is proposing to allow the hunting and trapping of these bears for one week each spring. Hunting bears doesn't improve human safety. Humans need to be responsible regarding attractants such as garbage etc. in order to reduce human-bear conflict instead. Why on earth can we not live alongside wildlife without feeling the need to get rid of them ? Time and time again we hear that the cause of many of the ills of our society has to do with our distance from Nature...and time and time again we are awed and amazed when we see, and really pay attention to, the wonder that is wildlife. I ask again, why destroy such wonder just because we can ?