21/03/2025
📢 URGENT: Help Stop a Bear Hunt in Connecticut! 🐻🚫
A dangerous bill (SB 1523) is moving fast in the Connecticut Legislature that would legalize sport hunting of bears, leading to the unnecessary killing of bears and orphaning of cubs. We need YOUR voice to stop this!
🔴 Public Hearing: THIS MONDAY (March 24) at the State Capitol in Hartford. Hunters are speaking up—now it’s time for wildlife advocates to do the same!
How You Can Help:
✅ Submit Testimony Before Monday: Oppose SB 1523 by submitting your comment (short or long) here: https://www.cga.ct.gov/aspx/CGATestimonySub/CGAtestimonysubmission.aspx?comm_code=env
Select SB 1523 and choose "OPPOSE."
✅ Contact Your State Representative & Senator: Tell them you vote and oppose bear hunting in Connecticut! Find yours here: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/content/townlist.asp
Ask how they plan to vote on SB 1523—hold them accountable!
✅ Testify In-Person or Remotely (3 Minutes): Register by Sunday at 3 PM to speak at the hearing on Monday: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yMd-min9TSimw460bjJ-ww #/registration
Why This Matters:
🐻 Hunting won’t reduce bear conflicts—trash and bird feeders attract bears, not the woods where they’d be hunted.
🐻 "Bearsmart" communities solve conflicts without killing—the issue is human behavior, not bears.
🐻 Cubs orphaned under 6 months old will be euthanized—Connecticut currently has no rehab facility for bear cubs.
🐻 Sport hunting is not conservation. DEEP should educate the public on coexisting with bears, not allow them to be hunted for sport.
🔗 Learn More:
➡️ www.ctbears.org (CWRA is a coalition member)
➡️ www.bearsmart.com
➡️ Read SB 1523 here:https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-01523-R00-SB.PDF
📢 Speak up NOW to protect Connecticut’s bears! 🐻❌
