By Simon Jackson, Special to the SunJune 30, 2009Be the first to post a comment go to:http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Trophy+hunting+will+threaten+spirit+bears/1747686/story.html

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30 June 2009 Celebrating our natural wealth on Canada Day By Dr. David Suzuki with Dr. Faisal Moola 

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A conservation officer in Prince George, B.C., gave chest compressions to a bear after it stopped breathing Monday. A conservation officer in Prince George, B.C., gave chest compressions to a bear after it stopped breathing Monday. (Global)A conservation officer in Prince George, B.C., used his CPR training to save a bear’s life after it was tranquillized.

Gary Van Spengen’s conservation team was called to a residential neighbourhood Monday after a female bear was spotted in a tree.

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Chance to halt damnation closing rapidly, ecologists say

 

 

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B.C. bear hunt

D. Simon Jackson

Last Updated: Monday, June 15, 2009 | 6:23 PM ET Comments37Recommend45  (you can post a Comment until June 22 at http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/06/15/f-vp-jackson.html#socialcomments )

The Great Bear Rainforest on Canada’s West Coast is one of the most pristine, spectacular and ecologically important areas of the world — home to a remarkable diversity of life.

It is also home to an ongoing controversy.

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The sport hunting season for black bears began Monday in the Northwest Territories, with at least one hunting outfitter allowed to bait bears — a practice that may not last long, according to the territory’s environment minister.

This year marks the second season bear baiting has been allowed in the N.W.T.

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Bear investigation continues: Shoshone News Press

By NICK ROTUNNO
Staff writer

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is currently investigating the killing of a grizzly bear Sunday night in the Rose Lake area, according to an Idaho Department of Fish and Game press release.

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http://www.theprovince.com/Investigation+underway+after+bear+baiter+found+conservationist/1693970/story.html

 

By Laura Stone, The ProvinceJune 13, 2009 3:22 PMBe the first to post a comment

 

Fish heads and guts were among the bait that conservationists claim was used to lure Grizzly bears to be shot in a Bella Bella conservancy area Thursday night.

Ian McAllister, a conservation director for Pacific Wild, says an RCMP investigation is underway after Eric Boyum, owner of the bear-viewing company Ocean Adventures, discovered a man illegally practicing “bear baiting.”

The man has not been caught, he said.

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There is an amazing array of things one can purchase on EBay, from used lawn furniture to vintage dolls to bongs allegedly used by Olympic athletes. Among the myriad items being sold on EBay are guided hunts of North America’s grizzly bears, black bears, wolves and cougars. It’s hard to believe, but these recreational killing opportunities are now bought and sold on the world’s largest internet auction site; EBay has become an online marketplace peddling the trophy hunting of the continent’s top-level predator species.

When EBay announced a global ban last year on sales of ivory products after a report revealed the online auction site was helping to fuel illegal trade in wildlife products, conservation and animal welfare groups were encouraged by EBay’s action. However, a subsequent review of the EBay website found hunting sales of not only the aforementioned North American large carnivores, but of African lions and leopards as well.

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All eyes will be on British Columbia at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Take action now to give bears a sporting chance.

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HSI CANADA: STOP TROPHY HUNTING OF BEARS IN THE  GREAT BEAR RAINFOREST
June 4, 2009
mother bear and cubs
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Help end the trophy hunting of  bears by contacting the premier and VANOC  

To Whom it May Concern,I urgently need your help.Each year in the Great Bear Rainforest, black and grizzly bears are cruelly killed by trophy hunters as they emerge from hibernation and forage for food. Orphaned cubs are left behind, condemned to a slow death by starvation. Even threatened grizzlies are not protected from those who kill for entertainment — nearly 90 percent of all grizzly bears killed in British Columbia are killed by trophy hunters.Now, with the 2010 Winter Olympics drawing closer, we have a unique opportunity to save the bears.Seventy-eight percent of BC residents — including Coastal First Nations — want the trophy hunt to end. So far, the government has ignored public will. But the pending Olympic Games are shining a spotlight on BC’s animal welfare and conservation practices, and global pressure may force the government to take action. We need the BC government to know that the trophy hunt for bears in the Great Bear Rainforest is damaging Canada’s international reputation, and causing a major loss in support for the Olympic Games.The senseless trophy hunting of bears in the Great Bear Rainforest is opposed by Coastal First Nations, animal protection organizations, conservation groups, and the overwhelming majority of British Columbians. Please stand with us to protect these bears and their cubs from a cruel fate.TAKE ACTION
Please contact the BC government and the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and let them know that you will consider avoiding the Olympic Games as long as the trophy bear hunt continues in the Great Bear Rainforest. Please act now — your voice is vital to saving the bears.
Thank you for all you do for animals.Sincerely,

Rebecca Aldworth
Director
Humane Society International/Canada
 

 

Kitimat Sentinel
June 03, 2009

Oil sands and the risk to BC’s coastline was the topic for two-authors at
the end of a five-day tour of BC’s northwest.

In a series called “A story with two ends”, Ian McAllister, author of The
Great Bear Rainforest and most recently The Last Wild Wolves of the Great
Bear Rainforest, together with business journalist Andrew Nikiforuk, who
authored Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent, presented a
packed room at the Rod and Gun Club with what pipeline development will
mean not only for the local ecosystems but also for the nation-at-large.

Approximately 100 people attended the forum on Friday evening.

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BBC’s ‘Great Events’ series, which premiered in the UK and Europe earlier in the spring, will now be aired as “
Nature’s Most Amazing Events” in North America beginning on  May 29th, 2009 in US and May 31st in Canada on the Discovery Channel.The global success of the BBC’s Planet Earth series led to the creation of a new series by the broadcasting corporation titled Nature’s Great Events. Only a few locations on the planet were chosen and the Great Bear Rainforest made the cut, once again proving its global ecological stature. Working with acclaimed Canadian filmmakers Jeff and Sue Turner and others at the Natural History Unit of the BBC was a real treat for Pacific Wild.We hope that you take the opportunity to watch the episode filmed here on the B.C. coast, which is calledGrizzly Wilderness Click here for more information on the series and viewing times. SANDHILL CRANES NESTING IN THE GREAT BEAR RAINFORESTYou may also want to check out Pacific Wild LIVE! We currently have a remote control video camera set up to film a pair of nesting sandhill cranes. These cranes can be extremely wary of humans during the breeding season.  With a remote camera near the nest site, we can observe their nesting behaviour, bog habitat use and interactions with other species without disturbance. The eggs were laid on April 27th, and the incubation time is 30 to 32 days. We are expecting the eggs to hatch any time now, and we will be posting clips on the PacificWild.org. Right now, you can view the cranes doing nest exchanges, turning their eggs along with other interesting nesting behaviour.Pacific Wild’s remote camera project was recently featured in the Vancouver Sun.

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