Bear Blog

Suzuki: Time to End Grisly Trophy Hunt in BC

by Barb Murray
March 10, 2015June 27, 2016

NHL hockey player Clayton Stoner posing with dead grizzly (Coastal Guardian Watchmen) http://commonsensecanadian.ca/suzuki-time-to-end-grisly-trophy-hunt/

Posted March 10, 2015 by Dr. David Suzuki in Species At Risk

Watching grizzly bears catch and eat salmon as they swim upstream to spawn is an unforgettable experience. Many people love to view the wild drama. Some record it with photos or video. But a few want to kill the iconic animals — not to eat, just to put their heads on a wall or coats on a floor.

Save B.C. Wolves – Open Letter to the B.C. Government

by Barb Murray
February 25, 2015June 27, 2016

Pacific Wild

Denny Island, B.C., Canada

Feb 25, 2015 — Go to www.pacificwild.org to take action and go to https://www.change.org/p/save-b-c-wolves

OVER SIXTY CANADIAN AND INTERNATIONAL SIGNATORIES VOICE OPPOSITION TO THE B.C. WOLF KILL IN AN OPEN LETTER TO THE B.C. GOVERNMENT (note: 16 new signators added since Open Letter sent to Premier Feb 25, 2015)

‘B.C. Government scapegoats wolves for its failure to protect caribou habitat’

Coastal Guardian Watchmen confront armed trophy hunters to save grizzlies

by Barb Murray
February 25, 2015June 27, 2016

“Sometimes it gets nasty,” said Jason Moody, a patroller from Nuxalk Nation in Bella Coola.http://www.vancouverobserver.com/news/coastal-guardian-watchmen-confront-armed-trophy-hunters-save-grizzlies Mychaylo Prystupa Feb 24th, 2015 Coastal Guardian Watchmen on the lookout for trophy hunters on the Great Bear Rainforest coast in 2010. Photo by Doug Neasloss… Read More »Coastal Guardian Watchmen confront armed trophy hunters to save grizzlies

NDP and Liberals off-target on grizzly trophy hunt, conservationist says

by Barb Murray
February 21, 2015February 21, 2015

http://www.vancouverobserver.com/news/ndp-and-liberals-target-grizzly-trophy-hunt-conservationist-says by Mychaylo Prystupa A fierce political squabble this week in the British Columbia legislature over who gets to shoot bears — locals or foreigners — has entirely missed the target about the need to protect at-risk grizzlies, says… Read More »NDP and Liberals off-target on grizzly trophy hunt, conservationist says

Vancouver Sun Opinion: Ecologists oppose B.C. wolf kill by John and Mary Theberge

by Barb Murray
February 21, 2015

As two of Canada’s senior wolf biologists, we are disturbed the B.C. government is implementing massive wolf control plan with the low probability of recovering a few small, isolated, range-edge herds of mountain caribou. As university-based biologists, we have run… Read More »Vancouver Sun Opinion: Ecologists oppose B.C. wolf kill by John and Mary Theberge

Grizzly bear population at risk as B.C. Liberal government aligns with trophy hunters

by Barb Murray
January 27, 2015January 27, 2015

Photo of Premier Christy Clark at 2012 GOABC convention from Facebook. GOABC president Mark Werner, left, and executive director Scott Ellis, right. By Claire Hume Jan.27’15 Vancouver Observer Third in a series investigating B.C.’s trophy hunt. Read part one and two… Read More »Grizzly bear population at risk as B.C. Liberal government aligns with trophy hunters

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