In 2001, about 50 bears were killed. By 2007, the annual kill was more than 350. The government claims killing up to six per cent of grizzlies a year is sustainable based on its estimate of 15,000 bears, writes Stephen… Read More »Stephen Hume: Grizzly hunt fails test of science, experts say
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Stephen+Hume+Brutish+Columbia+trophy+bear+hunt+puts+display/9624211/story.html In another couple of weeks, from the Kootenays to the coast and the Spatsizi to the Okanagan, the spring bear hunt gets underway. This opening occurs just as mother bears emerge from winter dens with their recently-born cubs.… Read More »Stephen Hume: ‘Brutish’ Columbia’s trophy bear hunt puts us on display, Vancouver Sun
By Faisal Moola, Director General, Ontario and Northern Canada http://www.davidsuzuki.org/blogs/panther-lounge/2014/03/bc-government-gets-failing-grades-in-grizzly-bear-management/ A century ago, 35,000 grizzly bears lived in British Columbia and also flourished from Alaska to Mexico, and east to Ontario. Today, only about 15,000 grizzly bears inhabit B.C., having… Read More »B.C. Government gets Failing Grades in Grizzly Bear Management by Dr. Faisal Moola
NOTE from BM: Bears Matter Petition Letter to Premier Clark to Ban the Trophy Killing of Grizzly Bears in BC: http://tinyurl.com/ban-grizzly-hunt-2014 Cheeky the bear, Courtesy of bearsforever.ca http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/21/trophy-hunters-grizzly-bear-hunting-canada by Jacqeline Windh for theGuardian.com Feb 21, 2014 (see… Read More »Shame on the trophy hunters: a grizzly bear is worth more alive than dead
January 20, 2014 The Honorable Premier Christy Clark Box 9041 St Prov Gov, Victoria, B.C. V8W 9E1 Premier Clark; Re: Grizzly and Black Bear Trophy Hunt. Where are the ethical arguments in the ongoing debate on the trophy hunting of… Read More »Letter to Premier Clark: SHOULD WE, Not CAN WE continue the Trophy Hunt of Grizzlies Bears
By Stephen Hume, Vancouver Sun September 6, 2013 Comment 175 Posted from: http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/Stephen+Hume+hunting+grizzly+head+paws+trophies/8875523/story.html Screen capture from Bear Witness: a film by BC’s Coastal First Nations. Photograph by: Bears Forever , … It’s time to end the miserable,… Read More »Stephen Hume: It’s not hunting, and a grizzly head and paws are not trophies
