Bears Matter

1. Please SIGN Petition to Stop the Trophy Hunt of Bears in BC

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/trophyhunt/sign.html

2.  Please feel free to copy and paste the following letter:

Dear Premier Christy Clark,

Approximately  80% of British Columbians and all Coastal First Nations are needing you to bring an end to the shameful act of trophy hunting bears in this province.

Each spring and fall your government opens a legal trophy hunt of bears.  This sport kills the genetically distinct Haida black bear, the coastal black bear  that possesses  the recessive gene which produces the iconic rare white Spirit bear and the threatened grizzly bear.

Bears are sentient, intelligent animals and should not be killed indiscriminately as trophies for a hunter’s wall or hallway. This is a sport that brings shame on your government, province and all it’s citizens.

Trophy hunting poses a direct economic threat to the rapidly growing wildlife viewing industry which generates far more income for rural communities than trophy hunting.  It makes no economic, ethical or rational sense for your government to continue this ‘sport’ for a small number of sport hunters who want to kill vulnerable grizzlies and black bears for entertainment over the will of the vast majority of your citizens who want to see ethical leadership and common sense prevail.

Please do the right thing and put an end to this unsportsmanlike, gratuitous killing that is misnamed a ‘sport.’

I look forward to your response.

Sincerely,