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Proposed changes to black bear hunting regulations

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Hunters often struggle to pinpoint the difference between a male and female black bear, and risk killing a mother bear during the spring season – orphaning her cubs who are too young to survive on their own. This will not be beneficial for the species, and in turn the ecosystem, as a whole. Read more

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Hunting is something that connects us to the past and with nature. Humans have been hunting and hopefully will continue to hunt forever. That being said if hunting becomes detrimental to the species we like to hunt it will all end. This is a downward spiral I want to avoid. Read more

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I urge the Ontario government to cancel the province's Spring Bear Hunt completely. There was no legitimate rationale for partial reinstatement of the spring bear hunt by the previous government and there is none now. Please, do not follow through with this misguided plan. Read more

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I am against reinstating the spring black bear hunting season. The ban on killing cubs and female bears with cubs is an easily-ignored formality. The cubs need their mama to survive. The only way to truly protect cubs is to ban a spring hunt.

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Hunters often struggle to pinpoint the difference between a male and female black bear, and risk killing a mother bear during the spring season – orphaning her cubs who are too young to survive on their own. This should be reason enough to permanently halt the black bear spring hunting season. Read more

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Hi there Due to the challenge in identifying the difference between male and female black bears, it is highly likely that nursing mother bears will be killed in spring hunting season, orphaning babies. This is just inherently cruel. Please reconsider this spring hunt.

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I oppose this because it is almost impossible for hunters to distinguish male black bears from female black bears, thus many hunters will inadvertantly kill mother bears which will result in the death of the cubs. I can't comprehend why this is okay (hint: it's not).

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