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A2 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday July 7, 1999 C O M E T O T H E S O U R C E Escort, ZX2 Mystique Sable, Windstar & Explorer Maximum term 48 months OJV.C. C a a I am L I N C O L N M E R C U R Y V O TRAFALGAR R O A D , OAKVILLE at the Q.E.W. S 4 ,4 " "3 2 i 7 3 Photo by Peter C. McCusker FISH STORY: Okay, it's hot and you don't feel like battling the hordes up north to go fishing. You could have joined Bronte Creek Provincial Park's Mandy Houghton and checked out the fish pond at the park. She's seen here helping Hawley Shepherd, 2 of Oakville land the big one. Public doesn't have problem with hunting (C o n tin u e d fro m p a g e 1) "From the people I've spoken to, I get the feeling that most of the public isn't much interested in hunting but they don't have a major problem with other people doing it." The new umbrella group is com­ prised of 25 hunting, trapping and angling associations from across Canada which claim more than 150,000 individual members. A motivating factor behind this new activist body was the fact that the many diverse and small associations which represent one type of hunting or trapping activity were individually at a loss to defend themselve.s against the well-organized and funded anti-hunt­ ing and anti-angling groups now active across Canada. Members felt they were losing both the public relations battle and more hunting and angling rights with each passing year. The spring bear hunt ban in Ontario was considered a final wake-up call that led to COHA's for­ mation. Pigeon feels the cancellation was made for purely political reasons, without regard for the impact it would have in terms of economics or public safety. "This had a major impact on the economy in the north and there are serious issues of public safety that needed to be assessed," he adds. 'These aren't all cuddly bears we're talking about here. This is a huge pop­ ulation of black bears that needs to be culled and managed for public safety." With the help of COHA, they hope to use political action and public edu­ cation to keep their rights from being further eroded. Pigeon says COHA will be working on a number of initiatives throughout the year to begin the process of com­ municating with the public "about the respect that is owed Canada's outdoor communities". During the recent provincial elec­ tion, for example, COHA launched a website-based Election Participation Manual to encourage Ontario's 1.2 million hunters, anglers and trappers to become politically active in the elec­ tion. In addition, it has initiated a Nuisance Bear Video Tape Contest and a nuisance bear research study with Cambrian College--all aimed at accu­ mulating evidence that the Ontario government's cancellation of the spring bear hunt was an ill-conceived step and that the spring hunt is a nec­ essary wildlife management tool to control the province's black bear herd. More Canada-wide initiatives are planned for the months to come. 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