Do not make a permanent spring bear hunt. It's too difficult for hunters to tell the difference between male and female bears and I fear this will lead to accidental killing of black bear mothers. I don't support any open bear hunting season.
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The the Spring Bear Hunt is idiotic, as a biologist it never ceases to amaze me that people thing nature is our enemy and we can live just fine without it.
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There is no way to tell if a bear's male or female, if she has cubs that aren’t there, till after the bear's killed. There's also a market for bear parts/paws sold for 10 of 1000s of dollars for Chinese 'medicine'
Since this is not ethical why do you even consider it. The bears are not a threat unless people make them a threat. If this is for some wealthy "hunter" and "guiding company" fair enough, hunt with a camera not a gun. Please stop this NOW.
The spring beat hunt is entirely unnecessary and dangerous. Not only are many hunters hasty and reckless, easily killing a mother with cubs, but there are other times in the year that hunters can go out.
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I sincerely urge you to end the spring bear hunt.
There is nothing virtuous about taking joy in needlessly killing and innocent animal minding its own business. What a barbaric practice!
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This is totally disgraceful. I have always been a supporter of ford’s but I’m appalled by killing mothers of Cubs right in hibernation. I emailed fords office a few days ago about this and the 14 dogs in Minden with no response back. Paws doesn’t work. They need to be fired!!!
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I hope that you will not institute a permanent spring bear hunt in Ontario. Please have respect for wildlife and their right to have lives that are not bothered or threatened by violent humans.
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Bear cubs will continue to be orphaned if the hunt becomes permanent. 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.
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Please change the spring hunt to later in the season as Mama Bears who are out of the den foraging may be killed, leaving the Cubs to starve. Sometimes she might leave them in the den & go out. A hunter would not know if this bear had Cubs or not.
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This is a terrible idea. Not only are spring bears dopey and under nourished putting into question their value for hunting, but this will lead to loss of sows with cubs as they aren't always together.
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I have many concerns relating to the Ontario spring bear hunt. As a long time resident of Ontario, I vote that it be abolished. If that cannot happen, I request that consideration be given to making changes, as follows:
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I wish to be counted as fully opposed to the proposed Spring bear hunt. There has to be a far better way than killing every living creature for cash and justifying it. The educated people of the world should find a way to live in harmony on earth rather than killing and destroying.
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It’s absolutely barbaric in this day and age to kill for sport. A complete ban to preserve this beautiful creature is much more appropriate. I cannot believe that modern enlightened society permits such atrocities. I’m done.
The spring bear hunt is a cruel and morally unacceptable event that is opposed by a majority of Ontarians. Although killing mothers who are accompanied by their cubs is illegal, many female nursing bears are killed while away from their cubs and many illegal killings go undetected.
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We do not have too many bears.
We need all the wildlife we can save.
Killing animals when they emerge from hibernation is nothing short of cruel. Leaving orphan cubs to die is cruel.
This should never have been allowed and it should not be permanent.
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