Once-controversial black bear hunt faces changes in Ontario

Once-controversial black bear hunt faces changes in Ontario

While Ontario's black bears hibernate through the winter months, provincial officials are steadily working to change the way the bear population is managed, and that could mean changes for hunters and outfitters, let alone bears. The Ministry of Natural Resources is now developing population targets for black bears: an acceptable lower and upper number of bears in 29 regions across the province.

Proposed hunting restrictions could increase conflicts between farmers and bears, OFA says

Farmers Forum staff OTTAWA — Ontario wants to curb black bear hunting which could increase their population and cause more headaches for farmers, the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) argues. The province wants to start a pilot project restricting hunting tags in the Saugeen-Bruce Peninsula because it says the bear population has dropped in that […]