Relaxing grizzly bear. Photo by Andrew S. Wright. FOI investigation reveals that senior B.C. bureaucrats seized on the province’s rising grizzly bear numbers —disputed by researchers—to “mitigate” the impacts of mining Mychaylo Prystupa Mar 13th, 2015 Senior B.C. wildlife bureaucrats seized upon the… Read More »Grizzly bears seen as gold for mining, B.C. gov’t emails reveal Vancouver Observer
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.
“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
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
