Please do not implement a bear hunt in Ontario. No animal should be killed at all! Killing animals is grotesque and barbaric. Please do harm to animals, as they deserve kindness, not killing. Hunting is not a sport!
I fully support the full return of spring hunt. We have been having less and less bear problems every year since the temporary spring hunt. The bear population is actually seeing a higher cub survival rate as the large boars are being harvested.
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In regards to the proposed bear hunting rules, to improve fairness, I am opposed to forcing non-resident landowners to be required to hunt with a licensed bear operator. Please consider my reasons for;
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The Harris Government cancelled the Spring Bear Hunt based on facts and science compiled over decades that was provided by its own research biologists.
No other game animals are hunted when they are nursing their young offspring so why would this make sense for our Black Bears.
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As a tourist bear outfitter for the last 13 years and member of the Northeastern Ontario Bear Management Association, it has become a concerned of the future of our business.
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At at time when we are in the middle of a climate crisis and populations of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians have, on average, declined in size by 60 percent in just over 40 years (WWF stat from 2018), this is not the time for the government to allow a spring bear hunt.
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I strongly disagree with the idea of a spring bear hunt. I live in bear country in Northern Ontario and understand hunting deer and moose to feed a family, however this is nothing more than sport hunting.
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There is no valid reason to hunt bears in spring, your arguments in support of this are not sustainable. I have spoken with hunters and the meat does not even taste good.
The idea of a spring black bear hunt is appalling.
Black Bear females are emerging from their dens
with their babies whom the mothers are nursing.
I understand that American hunters will also be allowed
to hunt Black Bears in the spring. Regardless of whether
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I am strongly opposed to the Spring Bear Hunt. It should be stopped completely. I have had enough of wild animals in this province being treated as a ‘resource’. Science has proven that these are sentient beings - not objects for us to kill, torment and torture.
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We are deeply concerned by the intention to proceed with expanding the spring bear hunt without any evaluation of the two pilot projects initiated since 2014. The purpose of a pilot project is to test and evaluate an idea, and provide insight and data before proceeding at a larger scale.
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Hello,
Bears have families, just like us. Bear hunting takes parents away from babies and leaves those babies vulnerable. I know that hunting is profitable for the government for tourism and hunting licences, but that is a really poor reason for it to continue.
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Issues regarding the proposal to eliminate special black bear hunting opportunities for non-resident landowners and non-resident immediate relatives.
The true undermining issue is here that the government has failed to eliminate individuals from splitting property up into different ownership.
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How do you legal get away with making a proposal decision and then after the decision is made posting the comments? Are you even considering the public comments? Why cant we see the public comments on the proposal prior to the decision being made?
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Please, do not proceed with this change; too many orphan cubs will be left to die - I know that money is an important part for this change, sometimes more business and more money do not help the wildlife.
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Here are the reasons I believe should be implemented in the upcoming black bear hunting regulations:
Females with cubs must be protected; currently that is difficult as cubs are frequently treed or kept away by their mother while she forages.
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Like Coyote Watch Canada, I strongly oppose the spring bear hunt and state it should be cancelled because of some important issues that must be considered:
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