The hunting of black bears…

The hunting of black bears should be prohibited. It is clearly stated that black bears have a population concern yet you are choosing to continue hunting them simply for your own joy or pleasure, which is never a good enough reason to take an sentient beings life. Moreover, just because you do not see a mother bear with her cubs in the present moment does not mean that hers cubs are not hidden in a safe location, therefore hunting black bears will always open the door to the reality that by killing a mother bear you are also sentencing cubs to a horrific death by slowly starving or getting eaten by predators in which they will be rendered defenceless all because you are ignorantly allowing people to continue a destructive "hobby". Hunting a black bear is not a necessary part of life, given that we have supermarkets that provide a wide variety of sufficient food to eat. As well, hunting bears will not improve "safety" for humans, stopping human-bear conflict is achieved by removing access to garbage, barbeques, and other attractants. Furthermore, bears have low reproduction rates, meaning the survival of adult females is vital for the species. In the midst of a climate crisis, where natural habitats are being destroyed daily, hunting animals for sport is no longer a feasible option. Find a new hobby. It has also been claimed that the economic impact would be neutral or positive, but has provided no evidence to support this claim. The actions of the government on this and basically all environmental issues have become unacceptable. We have no right to kill other living beings and destroy their homes simply because we can. It would seem the government is run by people with no compassion for the world and other living beings whatsoever. I urge the government to actually LISTEN to the public and their wants, and not simply cave to big oil and hunting lobbyists so you can pocket more money while tax paying citizens are now living pay check to pay check and not being listened to by the people that are supposed to be working FOR THEM. DO NOT HUNT LIVING BEINGS. I'm pretty sure we've destroyed enough as a country, and continue to do so, so why is does the government continue to make things worse, at the most critical time considering we are in the middle of a climate crisis, and if actions like this continue to happen, considering all of nature is connected, actions like this only stand to make things WORSE not better.