Hello: The Spring bear hunt in is an incredibly cruel and inhumane war on Ontario's black bears! If you can't truly protect mother bears emerging in spring with nursing cubs then the spring hunt should be abolished.
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Hunting for population control, hunting for fur, hunting for pleasure is simply barbaric.
There are NO reasons to interfere with Nature in this manner. Trophies? Claws? A bear rug? Seriously?
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No animal should be culled because of human conflict. People should perhaps put in to perspective the fact that there are 8 BILLION people in the world and no one is culling the human population yet we think it's our right and responsibility to control the animal population.
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I suppose that someone makes money from the bear killing and as far as I can discern that is the only rationale for such a 'programme'.
At least the killing of game animals feeds people directly, but how many eat bear.
Are there too many of them? Are they gobbling up folks?
Really!
I support the proposal to reinstate the spring black bear hunt. I have hunted in the new spring hunt each year since it began and have had success. The black bear population where I hunt is doing very well. In 4 years I have seen many bears and only harvested one bear.
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At this stage in history, hunting bears should never occur as there is absolutely no need for it. The lust for blood should not be tolerated in our society. We are not an American society.
How do the bears feel about this? Since they are non-human, they don't get a say. So we continue to exploit and kill those animals that are unlike us for a profit.
As a tax paying Ontarian, who greatly values our environment and the animals we share it with, I am writing to urge the Ontario government to say NO to making the spring Black Bear hunt permanent.
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Whether bear population is high enough to allow for a permanent spring hunt isn't the issue. It's about the ethics of it all. Have we not come to a point in our evolution where we see hunting for sport as an outdated brutal activity?
I am very concerened with the regressive policies toward wildlife happening in my home province of Ontario. The Spring Bear Hunt is cruel and unnecessary. What a time to have it too, when mothers are nursing babies. It is clear there is little concern for animal welfare by the Ontario government.
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Killing any animal for sport especially these majestic beings is horrible. Spring is the time for mothers to care for their young and killing young families is just torture in so many ways. Please do not go ahead with this.
Females with cubs must be protected; currently that is difficult as cubs are frequently treed or kept away by their mother while she forages.
The current season of May 1 to June 15 should be changed to June 1 to June 30 to protect females with cubs as well as the cubs themselves.
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Please CANCEL the spring bear hunt!! We should be RESPECTING life, not exterminating! Who are we to decide what animals get to live and which don't. These hunts result in more cubs being orphaned, upsetting ecosystems, creating wildlife conflict and putting people at risk!
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It is high time for bear hunting to be totally outlawed. The only reason for it is to pander to weak make egos which feel a need to dominate. People.do not eat bears. Rather, the emphasis should be on bear viewing, which in .British Columbia at least has proven far more lucrative than hunting.
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Greetings!
Although I understand the need for control of the population, I think the spring hunt is inhumane in that the potential for orphaned young is a definite and inevitable outcome. The orphaned young will undoubtedly suffer unjust and slow mortalities.
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I am totally appalled and sickened by the government’s proposed expansion of the black bear hunt. To kill an innocent animal for the sole purpose of providing tourist dollars is reprehensible.
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Thank you for the opportunity to comment. I am opposed to the spring bear hunt. I don't agree with sport hunting in general, but the spring bear hunt is particularly odious.
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Please do not bring back the spring bear hunt. My husband and I have enjoyed cottage life for several decades. In that time we have encountered bears the odd time but they have never bothered us. Not even our composter or bird feeder. They just go about their business.
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