Vancouver Sun
The grace of a grazing grizzly
Tour from Prince Rupert fulfils visitors’ dreams of seeing the mighty bears within the safety of Canada’s first sanctuary for them
Jeff Lukovich
Special to The Sun
Saturday, August 18, 2007
August 2007
Monthly Archive
Sat 18 Aug 2007
Grace of a Grazing Grizzly
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Sat 18 Aug 2007
The National Post
Cubs Still Not Found
Man injured fighting off mother grizzly in Alberta
Accidentally Walked Between Bear And Her Cubs
Elise Stolte
CanWest News Service
Saturday, August 18, 2007
GRANDE PRAIRIE, ALTA. - A man armed with a machete-style hunting knife suffered serious injuries as he fought off and killed an angry mother grizzly bear.
Wildlife officers are now looking for several orphaned bear cubs after the encounter near a creek in a farm field near the agricultural hamlet of Grovedale, 20 kilometres south of Grande Prairie.
Thu 9 Aug 2007
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North Island Wildlife Recovery Society -photo
August 9, 2007
Advocacy groups laud no-shoot policy
By MATT KIELTYKA, 24 HOURS
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http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/2007/08/09/4404186-sun.html |
Advocates are applauding the government’s recent decision to rehabilitate orphaned cubs, such as this one,instead of shooting them. |
The provincial government’s recent decision to rehabilitate orphaned bear cubs, instead of shooting them, has conservation advocates bearing some hefty grins.
Barbara Murray, of Bear Matters B.C., says the “no kill” policy - put in place after public uproar over the controversial shooting of a cub in Whistler last month - is an encouraging step.
“We’re delighted with the change in attitude,” she said. “Black bears may not be at risk, but this is an important ethical decision. We need to protect our animals.”
Cubs belonging to killed “conflict” mothers, or those deemed too weak to survive on their own, have been shot in the past, according to Murray.
Under the revised policy, those cubs will be taken to rehabilitation centres instead in the hope of releasing them back into the wild.
It’s a good plan, but Murray says the province needs to step up with funding for B.C’s. four bear rehabilitation centres.
“My concern is that there may not be enough room for the cubs,” she said. “[The centres] are already almost full as it is. We need to expand these facilities.”
Tue 7 Aug 2007
Bear Matters Press Release:Gov’t says Orphan Cubs to Go to Shelters
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Tue 7 Aug 2007
Charlie Russell speaks out on BC’s Wildlife Act Proposals
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CLOUDLINE CO-EXISTENCE LTD.
Box 523
Twin Butte, AB TOK 2JO
www.cloudline.org
MY OPINION ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE BC WILDLIFE ACT:
BY CHARLIE RUSSELL
Pacific Rim Grizzly Bear Co-Existence Study
Subject of BBC Documentary “The Edge of Eden”
Author, “Grizzly Heart ‘03”
Co-Author, “Grizzly Seasons ‘03”
Author, “The Spirit Bear ‘94”
(the book that was instrumental in raising awareness of BC’s recently appointed provincial mammal).
“Proposed changes to BC Wildlife Act nothing but a desperate attempt to prop up a dying hunting culture”
Raised in a famous hunting family, I grew up as a hunter but as society evolved away from hunting so did we too. Unfortunately, the authors of proposed changes to the BC Wildlife Act are mired in a past when it was necessary to kill animals in order to survive. As society has become more civilized in its approach to wildlife, hunter numbers have declined by 50% since 1982. The BC Government’s response is to “recruit” 20,000 new hunters into BC forests - even targeting women and children for a “quality hunting experience”. This is nothing short of a desperate attempt to prop up a dying hunting culture.
In a civilized society, wild animals should not be viewed as a commodity to be “managed” for the “harvest” and I think most people would be shocked to know that this is the view held by the BC Ministry of Environment. Morally, this document is wrong but politically it is just plain stupid and a ridiculous attempt to hang on to outdated rhetoric and values.
