I am very much opposed to…

I am very much opposed to reinstating the spring bear hunt. It is an inhumane practice to pursue and stress these animals when they are emerging from winter hibernation. As far as protecting the cubs, there is no way you can deliver on this promise, and there are far too many articles in the news about local yahoos invading dens and shooting the mother and cubs or killing the mother while the cubs are in the trees. I can't imagine the horror these poor creatures experience.

The bottom line is I do not support the practice of killing living creatures for one's personal pleasure. That said, I know hunting is not going to go away any time soon, but I think practices such as baiting prey or pursuing animals when they are at their most vulnerable, as in spring when they are emerging from hibernation and are hungry, is unconscionable and quite unnecessary. Hunters talk all the time about their rights to pursue their sport, but every time I see an article like the ones below or have to drive home behind a truck with a dead moose hanging off the back, I am stressed and traumatized. What about my rights to live in a peaceful, non-violent environment?