I strongly oppose the proposal to expand spring bear hunt. Most hunters are unable to tell the difference between male and female bears, and the spring hunt will likely result in the killing of mother bears. This will leave cubs orphaned and result in their deaths.
Please stop the spring bear hunt. People will inadvertently kill mother bears who are foraging for food and leave her cubs to starve. That is a cruel death I am sure no one in the government intends.
My brother and I farm around the Sunderland area in the Region of Durham. We farm as far north as Woodville and as far south as Manchester. For many years now the bear damage in our corn fields has been increasing. We see damage every year and this past season was the worst.
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Canada should be striving to become more humane, not falling back into baiting bears, using dogs and hunting females with cubs. Hunting should be a thing of the past like slavery. And don’t use so called public safety as an excuse for some crazy individuals to kill with official approval.
As a non-resident landowner, I strongly object to the proposed regulation changes. I spend thousands of dollars each year hunting black bear at campgrounds, gas stations, grocery stores, and restaurants.
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A permanent spring black bear hunt has multiple benefits.
The tourism industry would benefit with a guaranteed hunt and not be left in limbo
Help the tourism industry weather the downturn in moose populations and revenue from moose hunting
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PLEASE...RESPECT GOD'S CREATURES! THEY HAVE JUST AS MUCH RIGHT TO BE ON THIS PLANET AS WE DO....THE ONLY ANIMAL THAT KILLS FOR SPORT IS THE HUMAN ANIMAL....THAT MAKES ALL ANIMALS SO MUCH MORE ETHICAL THAN US! PLEASE HAVE COMPASSION FOR ALL LIVING CREATURES!
Spring Bear Hunt should be abolished, however if hunt is too continue, changes must be made.
-It should last 30 days, June 1 to June 30. -Baiting must stop after June 30 not to begin again until September 1st, or 2 weeks prior to fall hunt.
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I believe that there is no need for people to hunt bears. The hunters are just doing this for sport and not for sustenance. Stop this before it starts PLEASE!!
Non Residents shouldn’t be able to hunt without going with an outfitter, we pay for a BMA area why
Should a person resident or non resident have the right to hunt on someone’s else BMA area
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For the record I have hunted in Ontario for over 60 years and as an avid outdoors person find the thought of the Spring Bear Hunt unethical to say the least. Hunting over a slop pail is not hunting to my mind.
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Please be the leaders in trying to save the environment and save the bears. You have done so well stopping dolphins and whales being kept in captivity and we look to you to lead In Animal conservation dear Canada. Thank you
This is the last straw.
I am sickened to know that the Ontario government would even suggest to bring back the spring bear hunt -- and to do this permanently?
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. Not only is bear hunting cruel and inhumane, but it is a death sentence for orphaned cubs.
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