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BC Yanks Job Ad Asking People If They Want to Tranquilize Bears for Money

by Barb Murray
December 7, 2017December 7, 2017

The B.C. government took down a job ad featuring this conservation officer posing for a photo with an unconscious grizzly cub. Screenshot from Conservation Officer Service Facebook page https://www.nationalobserver.com/2017/12/07/news/bc-yanks-job-ad-asking-people-if-they-want-tranquilize-bears-money The British Columbia government has yanked a recruitment ad for conservation… Read More »BC Yanks Job Ad Asking People If They Want to Tranquilize Bears for Money

A Grizzly Controversy by Maureen-Rae Chute

by Barb Murray
December 3, 2017December 3, 2017

Here is a summary of a report written two decades ago by Dionys deLeeuw, a Senior Habitat Protection Biologist with the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks in Terrace: http://www3.telus.net/public/a6a46571/bcerart/Vol8/agrizzly.htm In 2017 have things changed within the COS for the better… Read More »A Grizzly Controversy by Maureen-Rae Chute

November 29, 2017 Letter of Complaint to Premier Horgan; re: The Recruitment and Operations of Conservation Officers in B.C.

by Barb Murray
December 2, 2017December 3, 2017
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November 29, 2017 Dear Premier Horgan et al, We are writing to file a public service complaint regarding the operational and recruitment (or hiring) practices of the BC Conservation Officer Service (COS). We assert that a clear conflict of interest… Read More »November 29, 2017 Letter of Complaint to Premier Horgan; re: The Recruitment and Operations of Conservation Officers in B.C.

Trump Postpones Decision on Allowing Import of Elephant Parts

by Barb Murray
November 17, 2017November 17, 2017

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/17/trump-elephant-parts-import-zimbabwe Friday 17 November 2017 21.36 EST Amid backlash over move to end ban, president says he will delay administration action ‘until such time as I review all conservation facts’ Donald Trump said that he would delay his administration’s decision to… Read More »Trump Postpones Decision on Allowing Import of Elephant Parts

Bryce Casavant: Aiming for Change & Grizzly Bear Management & Conservation Officer Service

by Barb Murray
November 2, 2017November 2, 2017

http://www.brycecasavant.ca/2017/11/01/aiming-change-update-regarding-grizzly-bear-management-bc/ The deadline for the public consultation process on the Grizzly Bear hunt is tomorrow (November 2nd 2017). During the month long window for public comments the Auditor General (AG) released ( see in Bears Matter Blog postings) their audit… Read More »Bryce Casavant: Aiming for Change & Grizzly Bear Management & Conservation Officer Service

Auditor General’s Report Reveals Grizzly Bear Management Under FLNR Has Failed, by VWS Society

by Barb Murray
October 31, 2017October 31, 2017

October 30, 2017 TMTVNews.com by VWS.org http://bctvkootenays.com/2017/10/30/auditor-generals-report-reveals-grizzly-bear-management-under-the-ministry-of-forests-has-failed/ Recently BC’s Auditor General (AG) reported a plethora of problems in the management of BC’s grizzly bears. (Submitted by the Valhalla Wilderness Society) The report says the problems were caused by a shift… Read More »Auditor General’s Report Reveals Grizzly Bear Management Under FLNR Has Failed, by VWS Society

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