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3 May 2025

Black bears declined in parts of Ont., new research shows. How that could impact hunting is a bigger question

Author: admintech | Filed under: Finance/ Money
A bait site used by the researchers to collect bear DNA samples. The samples would be collected from the site by researchers afterwards and sent to a lab. Researchers counted tens of thousands of samples this way to come up with population estimates.

The black bear population in Ontario has seen significant declines in a few areas of the province, according to a population survey conducted by government researchers, raising concerns about the health of the bears and the impact of hunting them.