June 2007
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Thu 21 Jun 2007
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B.C. kills park plan to adopt bears from Alberta
The Daily News (Kamloops)
Thu 21 Jun 2007
Page: A3
Section: City & Region
Byline: Cam Fortems
Source: The Daily News
The provincial government vetoed a plan by the B.C. Wildlife Park to adopt two Alberta grizzlies that do not have a permanent home.
Park officials said Wednesday the Ministry of Environment would not OK a permit last year to bring the orphan bears now at the Calgary Zoo to a permanent home in Kamloops. The Alberta facility cannot accommodate the two new bears on a long-term basis along with its current stock of seven.
Parks Canada still has not found a home for Mistaya, who lost his mother in a train collision in 2005.
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Fri 15 Jun 2007
I was in big trouble’: Grizzly mauls lodge guest on morning walk
By WHITNEY ROYSTER
Star-Tribune environmental reporter Friday, June 15, 2007
JACKSON — A Fremont County science and physical education teacher suffered severe puncture wounds to his back and buttocks Wednesday when he was mauled by a grizzly bear near Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park.Dennis VanDenbos, 54, was attacked by a female grizzly just before 6 a.m. as he was walking on the Wagon Road just yards from some cabins and below the corrals at Jackson Lake Lodge. He apparently surprised the grizzly that was feeding on an elk carcass with her yearlings.The grizzly is the same bear with three yearling cubs that has frequented the area and been regularly seen by visitors this spring, prompting park officials in recent weeks to issue public notices about bear safety.
Grand Teton officials also had closed the same trails last Friday after the grizzly was feeding on a kill in the area. The agency reopened the trails earlier this week after the grizzly moved north, and had signs posted indicating there was bear activity in the area.
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Thu 14 Jun 2007
img id=”image375″ height=”85″ alt=”Orphaned Spring Cubs at 5lbs in Rehab Centre in BC ” src=”http://bearmatters.com/wp-content/uploads/cubs%20May%2006%20(3).thumbnail.jpg” />Call to Action:If you are concerned about the orphan cubs in BC please write to: ENV.Minister@gov.bc.ca cc: premier@gov.bc.ca ; other MLA’s can be found at: http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/mla B.Murray’s letter to Minister and Premier and MLA’s see below press release. Thank you
MEDIA RELEASE
DATE: JUNE 12, 2007
CONTACT: BARB MURRAY, BEAR MATTERS BC
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Thu 14 Jun 2007
Call off cub killing
By ALYSSA NOEL Staff Reporter
Jun 14 2007
A North Shore bear activist is calling on the provincial government to revise their kill policy for orphaned cubs and direct a portion of a promised $400,000 to bear rehabilitation facilities.
Barbara Murray said there have been several instances where cubs as young as a few months old have been shot and killed after their mother has died as a result of humans, despite the fact that there are four bear rehabilitation facilities in B.C. that could care for the animals until they are old enough to survive in the wild.
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Mon 11 Jun 2007
There are so few grizzly bears living in the Foothills that researchers fear
their future is in jeopardy
GEOFF NIXON>From Monday’s Globe and Mail
June 11, 2007 at 4:14 AM EDT
A unique census of grizzly bears in the Foothills and lower slopes of the
Rocky Mountains in southwestern Alberta has found that the population is now
so small that some experts question whether they will still be there in 100
years.
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Thu 7 Jun 2007
Your Vancouver Province
Olympic committee to contribute to bear study Clare Ogilvie, The Province
Published: Friday, June 08, 2007
WHISTLER — Olympic organizers have decided to partially fund a grizzly-bear study in the Callaghan Valley near the site of the Nordic competition venue.
“VANOC agreed that more research would be beneficial and agreed to contribute funding to [the Ministry of the Environment] and others to develop a regional Sea-to-Sky grizzly bear research program,” said George McKay, Vanoc’s director of environmental approvals.
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Tue 5 Jun 2007
Langley Advance June Tue 5,07
Animal welfare: Bears to go back to wild
Bears are surprisingly easy to deal with, said Critter Care’s founder.
by Matthew Claxton
It’s been a busy year for bear rescues for the Critter Care wildlife shelter in south Langley.
They’ve cared for seven bears so far this year.
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