Please do not reinstate the…

Please do not reinstate the beyond cruel spring bear hunt!

If reinstated, bear cubs will be orphaned and suffer.

While it’s currently against the law to kill cubs and mother bears accompanied by cubs, mother bears often leave their cubs in trees when searching for food.

When hungry bears emerge from their dens, after a long winter hibernation, they are baited with food. When they reach the bait, they are mercilessly gunned down. (How could anyone feel good doing that? There's no skill or glory involved, and it helps nothing.)

When a mother is killed, her cubs will die slowly of starvation or be eaten by predators.

Bears have low reproduction rates, meaning the survival of adult females is vital for the species.

Also, hunting bears doesn’t improve human safety. Stopping human-bear conflict is achieved by things like removing access to garbage and other attractants.

Even the economic argument for allowing the hunt is weak. The government has said the economic impact would be neutral or positive, but has provided no evidence to support this claim.

While all of the negative impacts would be devastatingly real.

Please do not undo some of the progress our society has made... please do not reinstate the hunt!