The whole pelt of the bear was required to be presented as evidence within 

 three weeks of the date of killing, before a Magistrate, Justice of the Peace, 

 Conservation Officer or a duly appointed Bear Bounty Officer. 



The following table shows the number of bears and cubs killed and the 

 amount of bounty paid during this fiscal year: 



Period Adults Cubs Bounty 



April 1st to July 



27th, 1961 328 33 $3,405.00 



The Department considered 285 claims for bounty on 328 bears and 33 

 cubs which were killed on or before July 27th, 1961. Four claims representing 

 four bears were refused for various reasons. 



The following table shows the number of bears killed in each county and 

 district on which claims for bounty were received. These figures do not include 

 the number of bears killed by sportsmen, on which bounty was not applicable. 



Hisiory of Bear Bounty in Ontario 



A bounty on bears was first established by Order-In-Council dated August 

 19th, 1942. It provided for a $10 bounty to be paid on a bear over 12 months 

 of age, which was killed between August 1st, and November 30th, 1942. 



The Regulation which set out the provisions for claiming bounty, specified 

 that the bear must be killed in a township of which 25% of the total area was 

 devoted to agriculture and which was located in any district, the Provisional 

 County of Haliburton or in the counties of Bruce, Frontenac, Hastings, Lennox 

 and Addington, Peterborough, Renfrew or Victoria. The bear must be killed 

 in defence or preservation of livestock or property by a resident of the township. 



The Regulation, to encourage the destruction of bears, was re-affirmed 

 with minor amendments to provide for the payment of bounty on bears killed 

 between April 15th, and November 30th, each year until the enactment of the 

 Wolf and Bear Bounty Act in 1946. All payments of bounty on bears made 

 prior to the enactment of the Act were ratified and confirmed by the Act. 



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