As a citizen of this…

As a citizen of this province I strongly oppose implementing a permanent spring bear hunt. In an era where all species are in decline - including black bears in many parts of this province - we should be ELIMINATING spring hunting of ANYTHING! So unnecessary to hunt bears at all - a keystone species - highly intelligent and sentient. Lots of people coming to the Bruce Peninsula and other parts of this province just to see bears in the wild. How about we try to maintain the genetic diversity we currently have and not hunt them at all! We will be facing many challenges in the future due to climate change and urban expansion. Time to stop catering to the small percentage of citizens who support hunting. Wildlife in this province is a public trust and what this provide is doing is destabilizing populations of our keystone species - and also endangered species. The continued mismanagement of wildlife and wild spaces by the current PC government will be felt more many years to come. In some cases the damage done will not be repairable. I implore you to reconsider this move.