The return of the spring…

The return of the spring bear hunt has a long list of benefits for Ontario. I hope that the Ontario Government won’t be dissuaded in their decision to reinstate the bear hunt by members of the population who are overly-sensitive, who don’t have a full understanding of the cycle of life, the food chain, how life works outside of city limits, or resource/wildlife management.
Anybody who has spent time in the Northwestern Ontario wilderness can attest to the fact that bear numbers have been strong/increasing over the past 20 years.
Some of the benefits of which I am excited to see come of this amendment to bring back the bear hunt are;

- sound use of an abundant, renewable resource
- increased opportunity for residents to “eat local” and “eat organic”
- great revenue stream for the provincial government and local outfitters
- revenue stream for spin off businesses as a direct result of increased tourism
- reduction of pressure on moose calves (a notable concerned in Ontario about the decline in moose numbers and calf recruitment)
- over an extended period, this hunt will reduce nuisance bear numbers and dangerous bear encounters – both preventing the common occurrence of dispatching and wasting nuisance bears and keeping residents safe by making bears more weary of humans