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43038

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Please do not allow the spring bear hunt to happen! Mother bears emerging from their dens with their young. They have no chance. They are looking for food & are attracted to the bait. Hunters do not care and do not know they are killing lactating female bears. Read more

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43064

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I am solidly opposed to a permanent spring bear hunt. In the Spring, mother bears leave their little ones in the den or in hiding while out foraging. I was told by a bear hunting lodge owner that the majority of hunters cannot tell the difference between male and female bears. Read more

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43065

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I write this letter to make my feelings aware to you concerning the hunting of bears - at any time. I have seen images of hunters going into hibernating caves where mother bears and their new offspring are and killing them, merely for sport. Read more

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43081

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As the world turns away from trophy hunting, we in Ontario are going backwards. We know the truth. Ontario is eyeing the lucrative bear hunting market. They want to attract more American morons here to spend their money decimating our wildlife. Ontario has much to offer visitors. Read more

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43098

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It is a shame outfitters seem to be taking over hunting and changing it into a business eliminating the hunters who just are out enjoying the sport without having someone over their shoulder. Hunting was a sport people could enjoy, but now it is turning into how much can you pay. Read more

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A spring hunt is CRUEL. Hunters cannot always tell the sex (and also do not always follow the rules) and will shoot a mother who's cubs are hidden, waiting for her to come back. If she gets shot which happens far too often, the babies are left to die a long painful death from starvation. Read more

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43100

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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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43103

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A spring bear hunt is cruel and unnecessary, the females who leave cubs behind to die is an outrageous thing to allow. There is absolutely no way a "hunter" could make sure their target was only male bears. A spring hunt of bears is inhuman.

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43107

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Please stop Black bear spring hunt for the year or two. The massive forest fires Canada has had in the last few years, and the development of projects have put the bear population under enough stress. Please allow them a time to settle, to find safe zones to raise the next generations of bears. Read more

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43111

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The Spring bear hunt should be eliminated - it often leaves cubs abandoned to die of starvation after the mother is killed, and according to the province's own statistics, the hunt does nothing to reduce human conflict with bears. Read more

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Thank you for the opportunity to comment I am the proposed changes to the Spring bear hunt. I am in favour of, and completely support, the full reinstatement of the Spring bear hunt. I agree with most of the other proposed changes, as well. The only exception is as follows. Read more

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To allow this bear hunt after 18 years is wrong, to kill mother bears with cubs is despicable. The government is playing right into the hands of hunters who have no concerns over conservation, bears play a role in the ecosystem, and they have the right to live freely . Read more