FISH AND WILDLIFE BRANCH. 



BEAR BOUNTY 

 i960 " 1961. 



The Wolf and Bear Boiinty Act provides for the pay- 

 ment of a bounty on bear to help control the population of this species. 

 A $10.00 bounty Is paid on a bear 12 months of age or over and a $5.00 

 bounty Is paid on a bear under 12 months of age. 



Bounty Is paid only on bears that are killed In de- 

 fence or preservation of livestock or property by a bona fide resident of 

 the township In which It Is killed. The township must be located In one 

 of the districts or counties specified In the Regulations and must have 

 25J^ of Its total area devoted to agriculture. The Act also specifies that 

 the whole pelt of the bear must be presented 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 nxamber of bears and cubs 

 killed, on which claims for bounty were received and the amounts of bounty 

 paid during the past five years. 



PERIOD ADULTS CUBS BOUNTY 



For year ending Mar. 31,1957 6II 50 f 6,225.00 



For year ending Mar.31,195o I568 30O J i 16,930. 00 



For year ending Mar. 31, 1959 1084 II6 J >11, 145.00 



For year ending Mar. 31, I960 697 139 5> 7,590.00 



For year ending Mar. 31,1961 401 46 $ 4,150.00 



The Department considered 355 claims representing 

 401 bears and 46 cubs. 7 claims representing 9 bears were refused for 

 various reasons. 



It appears that the unusually heavy kill in the 

 Kenora (including Patricia Portion) and the Rainy River Districts in 



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