The reinstatement of a black…

The reinstatement of a black bear hunt in Ontario is a cruel and unnecessary proposal.
Hunting black bears in Ontario, is environmentally wrong, dangerous, and cruel.

Spring is when black bears awaken from hibernation. Often times mother bears have newborn cubs during this time. The hunting if black bears will inevitably cause mothers to be killed, orphaning the cubs. It is not easy to identify whether a bear is a male of female, so hunters will end up indiscriminately killing any bears.
When you kill a sow, her cubs are left alone, while still nursing. They will either be killed themselves, or starve to death. When a sow is approached, she will be aggressive, and will stop at nothing to protect her cubs. This also places physical danger and risk to humans in near proximity- including hunters. Hunters will be endangering themselves.

Many municipal areas in Ontario are working towards preventing bear encounters with humans by putting up fencing and other preventative measures. The killing of black bears is unnecessary as the issue of black bear encounters in areas of human development is already being resolved in much more humane ways. .

Please make the only responsible decision in this matter by refusing to reinstate the hunting of black bears in Ontario.

Respectfully

J Kaisse