Sincere post you made.
Leave them alone.
Most Canadians can’t stand them, they are dangerous pest up there. Some times the bear eats you, sometime you eat the bear. I’ll have to say some of the best meat I have ever ate was bear. I’ve been a hunter and fisherman all my life. I give thanks for the game that crosses my table. I can’t say that for most Americans, meat has become a commodity, nothing else.
Up here in northern Alberta, I don’t leave home without my 45-70. If a bear gets too close, it’s a dead bear, I don’t take chances with my family.
Cougars are also a problem, and wolves, so damn many of them.
We have bounties on wolves, I actively hunt them, sure can be dangerous though.