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Old 04-18-2014, 10:41 AM
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TORONTO - Animal activists are up in arms and heading to court to stop the province from allowing a spring bear hunt they say will leave orphaned cubs to die from starvation.

Animal Alliance of Canada and Zoocheck Canada are taking legal action in response to Ontario government's intent to reopen the spring hunt on May 1.

Among other arguments, the groups say the hunt is a violation of the Criminal Code of Canada which prohibits cruelty to animals and is therefore illegal and unconstitutional.

“The spring bear hunt is cruel. Bears come out of hibernation and are extremely hungry because they haven’t eaten all winter. They are attracted to garbage food set out in bait piles by hunters who want an assured kill,” said Julie Woodyer, director of Zoocheck. “Female bears hide the cubs before approaching the bait site or kill zone. Despite being illegal for hunters to kill female bears with cubs, inevitably it happens and orphaned cubs starve.”

Studies and police reports from northern communities show that the spring kill — which was banned in 1999 — doesn’t reduce the number of conflicts between bears and humans, said Liz White, director of the Animal Alliance.

“We agree that public safety for northern residents is crucial, we don’t agree that the spring bear hunt is an effective way to do that,” White said.

The limited spring hunt would take place in areas with bear issues including Timmins, Thunder Bay, Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie and North Bay and would take place between May 1 and June 15 in 2014 and 2015.

In the years since the cancellation of the spring hunt, Ontario has only had a fall bear hunting season.

“Public safety is paramount and Ontarians should feel safe in their communities. We have heard increasingly from some northern Ontario municipalities that they are concerned about public safety and human-bear conflicts. In response, we are taking action in a strategic way to address the areas of highest incidence,” David Orazietti, the Minister of Natural Resources said in a release.

The spring bear hunt has the support of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police.

“The increase in human-bear conflicts in northern municipalities has put local residents at risk and has created safety concerns for police. This new provincial proposal is a positive step towards addressing this,” said Paul Cook, president of the OACP.

Zoocheck and the Animal Alliance have a court date on April 29 at Osgoode Hall.

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/04/17...unt-reinstated
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Old 04-18-2014, 11:07 AM
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If you guys only knew how many Bears are shot and wasted in this area of Ontario. Most towns have shot and buried dozens of Bears on their dumps. The Bears are no longer afraid of humans, it is scary to go blue berry picking now. I could go on and on, but Northern Ontario has always been run by the city Liberals in Toronto.
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Old 04-18-2014, 03:25 PM
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“Female bears hide the cubs before approaching the bait site or kill zone."

Anyone got any pics of a mother and her cubs playing at a bait site to send to that stunned banana. She's obviously never sat at one...
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Need to paint some of those people with honey and leave em in the woods. Ridiculous arguments but one can never predict the outcome of a court case, especially if the other side is luke warm on the idea.

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Need to paint some of those people with honey and leave em in the woods. Ridiculous arguments but one can never predict the outcome of a court case, especially IN TORONTO
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These frivolous cases should never be allowed...dumb and dumber.
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Old 04-20-2014, 11:42 PM
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It's awfully interesting how much easier black bears seem to be to deal with in areas where they have pressure from grizz. Like the grizzlies kick them out of the "big predator" niche and make them scared and small. Of course that opens up a whole other can of brown beans...

I've never felt scared of black bears in Alberta, BC, or Alaska. But in Ontario they're quite different. Of course part of that is probably because I carry spray in the west.
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