Hi, I would like to express…

Hi,

I would like to express my support for a full band of hunting bears. This day and age we should not be interfering with wildlife the way we do. We do not need to take an animals life for pleasure or food.

I fear that allowing hunting of bears will lead to more poaching. It will be difficult to enforce in a provision with the lack of conservation officers. I have heard about trophy hunters that shoot bears and feed the meat to their dogs or throw the dead bear into a dumpster.

Too many bear populations are impacted by human/bear conflicts, road and train collisions, habitat loss and lack of food to the extent that allowing hunting of bears is likely to be detrimental to the populations in the long run.

It seems we have not learned much since the obliteration of the buffalo, the big whales, the sea otter, mountain caribou, salmon, herring and eulachon. The moose are now being over hunted and this reduction is being blamed on wildlife when it is humans that have caused this. We cannot just let this killing of wildlife continue.

Another reason to stop bear hunts are the bear cubs that are left behind or orphaned. They starve to death so that a hunter can get pleasure in the killing of their mother. Bears and any wildlife families need to be protected anytime of year.

Baiting and the use of dogs needs to be stopped. It is cruel for the bears, the dogs and other wildlife.

There is misinformation about bears that hunters purposely extend out to the community so that they can justify to the why they are killing bears and other wildlife. (scare tactics) This hunt for bears is not about the safety of the community because there is evidence showing it does not impact human conflict with bears. People need to be educated properly. Bear attacks are rare so this hunt will not increase human safety because there is really no danger from bears and will not solve nuisance bear issues. Bears by the way are mostly vegetarian.

It is sad to think that a beautiful bear grazing on grasses minding it owns business is a target of a group of hunters lining up for a shot down the shore. We need live bears to support "bear-viewing" in a right way instead of hunting them. This type of enterprise where customers often return year after year to see how the bears are doing once they get to know them would make more sense.

There is no ethical defensible reason to allow the killing of one of the slowest-reproducing land mammal in Canada.

I greatly Oppose this spring bear hunt or any hunt and want it to be Stopped.

It is easy to chose kindness!

Thank you

Pam