Black Bear and Ministry of Natural Resources

Ministry of Natural Resources: Safety first on bears, Editorial March 10, according to The Star. The Ministry of Natural Resources MNR Environmental Bill of Rights posting cites no evidence of an increase in nuisance bear incidents. Spikes in human-bear interactions are caused by the easy availability of human food, or the failure of natural food in the wild. Some common-sense measures can eliminate the one and mitigate the other. Hunting has been shown to have no impact in decreasing nuisance bear incidents and Re: Safety first on bears, Editorial March 10 Your editorial endorsing the proposed reintroduction of the spring bear hunt misses the mark. Its pretty astonishing to read the editorials opening scenario of a black bear viewing a child in a school yard as a tasty morsel. It would have been helpful to point out that no child has ever been grabbed from a schoolyard by a black bear. There have been eight deaths in five attacks over the past 130 years in Ontario, almost all in remote areas. These animals have a mostly vegetarian diet and instinctively try to get away from people. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.