{"id":7149,"date":"2024-04-17T13:10:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T16:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=7149"},"modified":"2024-04-17T20:13:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T23:13:32","slug":"no-spring-bear-hunt-in-nova-scotia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2024\/04\/17\/no-spring-bear-hunt-in-nova-scotia\/","title":{"rendered":"No spring bear hunt in Nova Scotia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7155\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7155\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/petenuijunsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/petenuijunsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/petenuijunsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/petenuijunsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/petenuijunsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Nova Scotia government has called off the spring bear hunt. (Pete Nuij via Unsplash)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There will be no spring bear hunt in Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n<p>The Nova Scotia government says it made the decision based on public feedback.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Natural Resources and Renewables announced Jan. 24 it was considering a spring bear hunt pilot. It said it would restrict the hunt to May and June and allow only males and females without cubs to be hunted. It would be limited to one bear for the whole year.<\/p>\n<p>The department asked people to fill out an online survey from Jan. 24 to Feb. 24.<\/p>\n<p>More than <a href=\"https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/spring-bear-hunt-engagement\/docs\/spring-bear-hunt-summary-report-en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">17,000 people responded<\/a>, the department said in a news release Wednesday. About 51 per cent were opposed to the hunt, while 47 per cent were supportive. About two per cent were neutral.<\/p>\n<p>Some 64 per cent of hunters, farmers and landowners who completed the survey supported the hunt. About 50 per cent of rural respondents supported it. Forty per cent of urban\/suburban respondents supported it.<\/p>\n<p>People who were concerned about the bear hunt said their top worries were conservation of bears, potential safety issues and potential conflict with other outdoor activities.<\/p>\n<p>The department also got 134 emails and letters from people and 10 letters from organizations, most of which were against the hunt.<\/p>\n<p>There are no changes to the fall bear hunt, the department said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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,&#8221; according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>Officials are working with Acadia University on a research project to improve knowledge about black bears. They also plan another public consultation this year on proposed regulations on inappropriate feeding of wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who suspects illegal hunting activity should call the department at 1-800-565-2224.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There will be no spring bear hunt in Nova Scotia. The Nova Scotia government says it made the decision based on public feedback. The Department of Natural Resources and Renewables announced Jan. 24 it was considering a spring bear hunt pilot. It said it would restrict the hunt to May and June and allow only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[2070,2066,630,2069,241,2068,2067],"class_list":["post-7149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-news","category-news-posts","tag-bears","tag-black-bears","tag-department-of-natural-resources-and-renewables","tag-hunting","tag-nova-scotia","tag-public-consultation","tag-spring-bear-hunt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7149"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7164,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7149\/revisions\/7164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}