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Proposed changes to black bear hunting regulations

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I can’t believe that in the year 2020 we are discussing this. We should not be allowing people to hunt animals especially when it’s for trophy or for the thrill to kill. Even my 80 year old father who had hunted animals for food during most of his younger years wouldn’t support this. Read more

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I urge Ontario legislators to cancel the Spring Bear Hunt completely, and to not expand the pilot project instituted by previous Liberal governments. Please, do not follow the misguided plan laid out by previous governments led by another party. Read more

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The spring bear hunt will put black bear cubs in danger of being orphaned. There is no way for a hunter to know if the bear he is hunting is male or female. The mother bears do not take their Cubs along when foraging for food. It is far too early in the season for a bear hunt. Read more

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No bear hunt. Hunters are stupid and can’t even tell the difference between a human and a bear let alone a male and female bear. Ontario doesn’t have to stoop so low to let hunters murder our wildlife. We are better than that. Ontario is not open for murder/ cruelty business. Read more

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I am an Ontario resident strongly opposed to the reintroduction of the spring bear hunt. Studies have demonstrated that, despite the skill and best intentions of most hunters, it is practically very difficult to distinguish nursing black bear females from males or non-nursing females. Read more

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To hunt down a mother bear and leave the orphaned cubs to starve to death is the utmost in cruelty. Studies have shown that hunters cannot definitely tell whether the bear is a nursing mother or not, which makes sense in the heat of the moment, so that reasoning is useless. Read more

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I am writing in opposition to the proposed changes to the black bear hunting regulations. It's disgraceful to allow hunters to kill mother bears in their dens while they have cubs. This is morally reprehensible and the proposal should be blocked. Thank you.

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I believe this should not be allowed, as dangerous as bears may be, bears aren't as wildly as this regulation seems to portray, if there was a "bear problem" and they were out of control it would be different and a small cull would make sense, yet again this is not the case currently, instead of hun Read more

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Please consider ecotourism instead of catering to hunters. This practice is out of date and has no place in today’s world where wildlife is already facing crisis due to human impact. Black bear management needs to focus on reducing human-bear conflicts by investing in coexistence education.

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