Retired American game show host and prominent animal rights activist Bob Barker is trying to stop the Ontario government from launching a bear hunt for the first time in 15 years.
The province plans to issue limited licences to hunters for 8 (out of 95) wildlife areas where increasing bear numbers are coming into contact with humans, including schoolyards.
Forget Barker, forget the hunters; just send in the Canadian biathlon team.
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