Stop the Spring Bear Hunt I…

Stop the Spring Bear Hunt
I have lived in Northern Ontario all my life and do not agree with the spring bear hunt. It is a cruel sport that is falsely portrayed as a method of population control – which the scientific facts do not support!!
I feel frustrated that rich self serving lobby groups hold sway over government decisions in this matter. The spring hunt makes no sense at all. The outfitters who say are losing revenue from the loss of the hunt could be thinking “outside the box” to change their business design -why not use cameras instead of guns. It is very short sighted to believe that the killing of bears is the only way they can make money – and that is what this is all about.
I have been a wildlife rehabilitator in northern Ontario for over 15 years and have seen first- hand the suffering that bear cubs endure when they lose their mothers. There is no justification for this. I know you say they are not allowed to kill the mother bears, but it is very naïve to believe that this does not happen. I know it does as do you.
I treasure what is left of our dwindling native wildlife and I would expect the Ontario government to protect it rather than exploit it in this way. Stop the spring bear hunt. It is shameful and cruel.