Personally I find the spring bear hunt to be unethical regardless. Cubs are born in hibernation, the bears wake up looking for food (SURVIVAL) and are still in a groggy state from hibernation.
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Please absolutely do NOT let tourists or anyone for that matter kill our bears. I am sickened by trophy hunting and making this okay in Ontario is despicable. We are judged by the way we treat our animals and this would be absolutely revolting. We are better than this.
We should be protecting our wild life not wiping them out ! Terrible idea ! I’m a bear lover they are one the smartest animals best mothers and it make me sick to hear they aren’t being protected . We are destroying there homes soon they will all be gone it’s just terrible! Please don’t
Please do not reintroduce the regular spring bear hunt permanently. This practice is a death sentence for cubs orphaned when their mothers are gunned down by hunters after emerging from hibernation - even if hunting females is prohibited.
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There is just no justification to hunt animals. Our beautiful back bear will become extinct IF we continue to allow these hunters to kill them. And even If there are not close to be extinct, animals deserve to live and live in peace. One must remember that animals are sentient.
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Please, stop the slaughter of innocent bears and their cubs. Our govts. have allowed too much urban spread and lack of enforcement for citizens to properly secure their garbage to prevent foraging for hungry wildlife.
The proposed changes in the bear hunting registry is regressive. Ontario should focus on ecotourism, shooting beautiful wildlife with camera not causing them pain and suffering. Around the world this is the way forward thinking societies are moving. Ontario should reject blood sports.
Mama bears and cubs should not be hunted. This is obvious.
If baiting is used it will cause the bears to approach human residences after.
And one should not be offered food and then be slaughtered -- seems like a very unfair exchange!
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I am totally OPPOSED to the proposed changes to black bear hunting regulations. Here are two of my reasons: 1) the extreme cruelty to animals which will result from the orphaned baby bears. This happened during the previous spring bear hunts and for sure it will happen again.
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I think if we have an overpopulation problem then up the limits in the fall. The spring hunt is the sad statement on our Humanity. Mother's and cubs lives are more important them tourism.
Bears are generally very timid creatures and do their best to avoid humans. The likelihood of a bear attacking a human is remarkably low and bears that are habituated to human presence are even less likely to behave aggressively towards people.
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There are many concerns around the idea of hunting a species as important to the eco-system as black bears. This is a species that once roamed widely throughout our entire province.
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It is time to end this antiquated slaughter. All too often black bear cubs are left orphaned when their mothers are killed. When this happens, without their mothers to provide nutrition and teach survival skills, they die.
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