Why are we wasting time on a Spring bear hunt when population numbers are down? Anyone with common sense knows that Cubs are born either in the den during the winter or just before they emerge in the Spring week and starving.
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In the spring, mother bears leave their cubs to forage. When this happens, you can’t tell if they are a mother or a lone male. This causes the baby bears to die a long death of starvation.
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I am in complete opposition to continuing a spring hunt. It is foolish to believe that all mothers and cubs will not be affected. It is impossible to identify whether a bear has cubs unless they are accompanying her.
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People should in NO way have the right to kill another animal for sport and it is unnecessary for people to kill for food.
This should be an obvious choice to not support extending bear hunting.
Everything has a personality. Humans should show theirs by not supporting bear hunting.
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Abolish the black bear hunt. Humans feeding and leaving garbage should be educated about it and resources put into that. Female mother bears are indistinguishable from male cubs a hunter cannot know if they are shooting male or female.
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I disagree with the bear hunt as it leaves bear cubs without their mothers. This not only will lead to more encounters with bears as young bears try to find food, but it will also led to a painful death caused by starvation by the cubs.
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The spring black bear hunt instituted as a limited two-year pilot project in 2014 and expanded and extended for five years in 2016 may become a permanent fixture in Ontario unless enough opposition is rallied.
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Please do not extend the Spring bear hunt beyond 2021. At this time of year, bears are just coming out of hibernation and are in a weakened state.
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I am totally against the spring bear hunt. I think this is cruel and humane. The cubs are often left to starve to death, or wonder, being prey for other animals, or hit by vehicles. Do not pass this! Thank you for allowing me to comment.
As an avid outdoorsperson I respect the presence of bears in our woods and as a Northern resident I accept the presence of bears in our town as they are only drawn here by the actions of residents who continue to leave garbage out and feed other animals.
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Please do not allow the spring bear hunt the encroachment into the bears natural habitat is decimating the wild life population as it is. Bear hunting should not be allowed while cubs are reliant on the mothers.
Animals have just as much right to live as humans do! Just as it would be murder to thin out the human population so is killing innocent animals! Allowing killing because it will attract more tourists with guns???? Is this another conservative idea????
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Please enforce a total ban on the Ontario bear hunt. I feel that the cruelty and suffering inflicted on the innocent bears far outweighs the pleasure or economic factors of the hunters and community
THE BEAR HUNT SHOULD BE CANCELLED
There are a great deal of issues surrounding the existing spring bear hunt that have not been addressed appropriately. The BEAR HUNT SHOULD CANCELLED.... but should it continue issues must be addressed.
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It is common knowledge that all species are becoming critically endangered bears included. This policy would orphan many cubs leading to certain death. What possible value other than monetary is there to support this law.
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Hunting in spring would put cubs at risk. It is a bad idea. We should be doing more to protect our wild life, not to mention our domesticated animals, instead of offering them up to be killed.
I believe this to be acceptable as having the knowledge that hunting is a traditional way of harvesting food to supply and support family. And knowing it is regulated closely and hunters follow the rules and show great respect for wildlife and nature as a whole.
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