Tue 7 Aug 2007
Bear Matters Press Release:Gov’t says Orphan Cubs to Go to Shelters
Posted by Barb under BC Info , Bear Information , Bear Rehabilitation , Call to Action , Fundraising , Large Carnivore Habitat Info , NewsDATE: August 7, 2007
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT SAYS ORPHAN CUBS WILL GET A SECOND CHANCE!
North Vancouver – “This welcomed recent announcement by Lance Sunquist, Senior Conservation Officer of the Southern Region, is good news for BC’s orphan bear cubs, but only if shelters receive more funding to transport, shelter, feed and medicate these cubs, says Barbara Murray of Bear Matters BC. If shelters don’t receive badly needed donations to take in extra cubs then some cubs may be euthanized.
Mr. Sunquist has stated that any bear cub of the year, found on its’ own or orphaned as a result of human interference will be taken by Conservation Officers to a rehabilitation centre for assessment, rehabbed over winter and released back into the wild. Murray notes that “many orphan cubs are found as a result of the legal bear hunt, illegal poaching, vehicle accidents and the killing of nuisance mother bears”.
This announcement follows recent reports of twelve cub killings by government authorities since December 2006, including the high profile killing of “Beari” last month in Whistler, a treasured seven month old cub whose mother was killed for nuisance behaviour.
B.C.’s four rehabilitation centres are government licensed but not government funded therefore Murray urges B.C. residents to send donations to a bear rehabilitation centre of their choice in light of this new “no kill” government interim policy for orphan ‘cubs of the year so that no found orphan has to die.
Ministry of Environment Contact:
Lance Sunquist
Conservation Officer Service
Manager of Southern Region
1-800-663-9453
Bear Rehabilitation Contacts:
Critter Care Wildlife Society
Gail Martin
604-530-2064 or 604-530-2054
North Island Wildlife Recovery Assoc
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Robin and Sylvia Campbell
250-248-8534
www.niwra.org Attached Photo from North Island
The Northern Lights Wildlife Shelter
Smithers, BC V03 2N7
Angelika and Peter Langen
250-847-5101
Hillspring Wildlife Rehabilitation Facility (donations gratefully accepted but no tax receipts issued)
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Dawson Creek, BC V1G 4H3
Leona Green
250-847-5101
www.cowboyheadquarters.com/leonagreen
August 14th, 2007 at 11:38 am
I couldn’t understand some parts of this article t says Orphan Cubs to Go to Shelters, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.