November 12, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY
Vancouver, B.C. – Anaheim Ducks Defenseman, Clayton Stoner (originally of Port NcNeill, B.C.) faces five charges for Illegally Killing ‘Cheeky the Grizzly’ in the Great Bear Rainforest in May 2013. After three adjournments Stoner’s lawyer is finally expected to enter a ‘guilty’ plea at Robson Square Provincial Courthouse-800 Hornby Street, Rm 101 at 9:30a.m.
Event: Friday, November 13 at 9am to 10am. Location: Robson Square Prov Court, 800 Hornby St., Vancouver The Public is welcome to attend court to hear Clayton Stoner’s plea in the case of the illegal killing of… Read More »NHL’s Clayton Stoner to Enter Plea for the possible Illegal Killing of a Grizzly
Stock Photo of Clayton Stoner Photo of Courtesy BearsForever.ca A couple days ago I put out an invite on Facebook for this court appearance ( or postponement it turns out- third one). I was relieved and happy to see a dozen… Read More »Today Bears Matter asked the Public to Attend Court Case for NHL Ducks Clayton Stoner
http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/editorials/editorial+time+province+grizzly+bear+hunt/11356982/story.html Sept 11, 2015 One bear is not proof of a trend; however, the sighting near Whistler of a female grizzly with cub is welcome news. Extirpated from much of its historic range, the province’s largest terrestrial carnivore remains a… Read More »Vancouver Sun Editorial: Time for province to end grizzly bear hunt
https://www.change.org/p/protect-grizzly-bears-by-banning-the-trophy-hunt-in-bc
Sep 14, 2015 — Have you seen this video? (Warning: Graphic content)
Pacific Wild
Sep 13, 2015 — A very violent video of a trophy hunt kill went viral earlier this week in Canada, and now newspapers across the country, in particular B.C., are amping up the call for an end to the trophy hunt of grizzly bears.
www.pacificwild.org/ChristyNeedsToSee
One journalist has gone so far as to challenge Christy Clark, the premier of B.C., to watch the video and tell B.C. she still supports the trophy hunt.
It seems bizarre that we can be outraged by the trophy hunting we witnessed in Africa, but allow the same thing to happen in our own country.
(Fotofeeling/Westend61 GmbH)
The Globe and Mail
Published Friday, Sep. 11, 2015 9:19PM EDT
Last updated Saturday, Sep. 12, 2015 3:15PM EDT
There are images that hit the Internet that break our hearts. And there are those that make us furious. A new video making the rounds on social media is managing to do both – and the B.C. government should be alive to the backlash it is creating.
The video opens with a grizzly bear wandering nonchalantly on a remote hillside. A shot rings out that kicks up dust beside the bear, with no evident impact on him. An off-camera voice urges the shooter to fire again. And then the carnage begins: For the next 90 seconds, you can only watch in disgust and horror as the bear is peppered with bullets from a rifle that seems to have only enough power to torture this poor creature to death, rather than end its life in anything resembling a humane way.
Warning: The video below is extremely graphic. Viewer discretion is advised.http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/i-challenge-bcs-premier-to-watch-this-grizzly-bear-video/article26344883/
There are two parts of the video that are particularly disturbing: the bear running in a tight circle in reaction to the bullets hitting him; and then its final, crushing, end-over-end death tumble down a snow-covered hillside, a trail of deep red blood covering his fall line. Soon, the hunters can be heard laughing and celebrating, elated that the bear’s cartwheel to the bottom of the hill means less work lugging the carcass out of the bush.
