I am opposed to the spring beat hunt because it leaves cubs to starve and the rules against killing females and mothers are unenforceable. I don’t want people baiting bears so they can shoot them especially people coming from other areas.
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Stop the spring bear hunt.
There is no cultural or economic justification for allowing hunters to lure hungry black bears using bait and shoot these unsuspecting animals for sport.
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It is barbaric to hunt and kill black bears just coming out of hibernation. The cubs have a right to live. The mother has been asleep all winter and has the right to replenish, and the care for her cubs. Upon awakening from hibernation, this is her only chance to teach the cubs how to survive.
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This is a shameful practice. There is no need to open the timeline to allow hunters to hunt when there is the possibility of a mother bear being killed. Does not make us appear like a responsible humane province and sends an awful message to kids.
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Why are we spending government resources on this? Leave the bears alone. There is no human conflict, they want to give us as wide a berth as possible. Nature manages itself and does not need our intervention. 100% of the time, doing so has been a bad idea.
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The hunting of bears for the most part is for fun not for food as very few people actually eat bear meat these days. I have heard of it from some of my native friends but otherwise not. So this is an unnecessary and cruel "hobby" that should be banned completely.
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A spring hunt is so inhumane and arrogant of an idea. Hunters will not distinguish between a nursing female or a male and potentially leave many cubs to die a lingering, painful, needless death.
Bear hunting in Ontario is not an ethical practice. Hungry bears are trained to eat from baited sites and once trained killed for showing up for a free meal. NOT ETHICAL! This is not hunting...
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This would be a huge mistake and totally unconscionable. Ontario ought to be ashamed to even consider a horrendous idea. Please do not reinstate this unnecessary and cruel hunt.
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February 18, 2020
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In light of the fragile state of our environment and ecosystems in Ontario, Canada and worldwide, I urge you to make every effort to protect the black bear population and consider the negative impact of hunting, in any capacity, on the survival of a native species.
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There is no need for a spring bear hunt. In our present society where food is easily accessible there is no need to hunt any animal. Any animal which is baited should not be considered a hunt. This is more of a slaughter
I do not agree with reopening bear hunt season given the lack of measures to enforce the laws/regulations it operates under namely, the rule that mother bears and female bears cannot be killed.
Tuesday February 18th 2020
MY RESPONSE TO EBO POSTING # 019-1112
>>With regard to the Proposal to implement a regular spring black bear season.
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A proposal to do anything but completely ban the spring bear hunt is completely unacceptable to me. The spring bear hunt is simply cruel and senseless. The potential to leave orphaned bears to starve is an unacceptable consequence.
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Black bear hunting results in orphaned cubs, period. Spring and Fall hunts. Few hunters can tell the difference between male and female bears, even with training. And cubs do not always follow close to mom. A mother bear may stash her cubs in a tree while out foraging, bold cubs may lag behind her.
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I support the reinstatement of the spring bear hunt full time.
Ontario has a healthy black bear population and it is widely recognized that the spring bear hunt is a useful tool in the management of them.
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