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NOVA SCOTIA:<\/strong> After careful consideration of feedback from Nova Scotians, the province has decided there will be no spring bear hunt at this time.<\/strong> ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”34″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”7″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Department also received 134 emails and letters from people and 10 letters from organizations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Most of this feedback did not support a spring bear hunt. ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”212″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”71″] – working with Acadia University on a research project to improve knowledge about black bears in the province<\/p>\n\n\n\n – planning another public consultation this year on proposed regulations to manage inappropriate feeding of wildlife<\/p>\n\n\n\n – working on clarifying and addressing inconsistencies in wildlife regulations<\/p>\n\n\n\n – seeking feedback from stakeholders on improvements to hunting regulations<\/p>\n\n\n\n – looking at ways to help Nova Scotians better understand how hunting is managed. [adrotate banner=”31″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”210″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”206″] [adrotate banner=”192″] NOVA SCOTIA: After careful consideration of feedback from Nova Scotians, the province has decided there will be no spring bear hunt at this time. Results of a public consultation clearly show Nova Scotians care deeply and are very divided on the idea of a spring bear hunt. More than 17,000 Nova […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40514,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[6533,4244,48,1077,6534,6535,3485],"class_list":["post-44345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bear-hunt","tag-dnrr","tag-n-s","tag-nova-scotia","tag-spring-bear-hunt","tag-spring-ebar-hunt","tag-tory-rushton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Results of a public consultation clearly show Nova Scotians care deeply and are very divided on the idea of a spring bear hunt.
More than 17,000 Nova Scotians responded to a recent online survey. About 51 per cent were opposed, 47 per cent were supportive and two per cent were neutral. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The feedback will also be helpful for future decisions about bear hunting.
The Department is committed to maintaining a stable and healthy bear population living in their natural habitat without negatively affecting the ecosystem or creating safety problems in communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Efforts to improve bear management include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Quick Facts:
<\/strong>– the public consultation on a proposed spring bear hunt ran from January 24 to February 24
– there are no changes to the annual fall bear hunt
– anyone who suspects illegal hunting activity should report it to the Department by calling 1-800-565-2224<\/p>\n\n\n\n