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Pacific Wild on The Great Bear Rainforest Agreement: Unfiltered

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Today, on behalf of Pacific Wild, and in the interest of setting our course for the miles still ahead, I offer the following reflections on the 2016 Great Bear Rainforest Agreement.

I have been asked for my opinion of the Great Bear Rainforest Agreement (GBRA) several times over the last 48 hours.

As I’m sure many people reflecting on this agreement in public and private can relate, synthesizing your thoughts for a media sound byte is challenging at the best of times – more so when you are attempting to address the complexity of a multi-stakeholder agreement many years in the making.

Before the announcement was formalized on Monday, the Heiltsuk Tribal Council released this very pragmatic statement, describing their view of the agreement. If there is one sound byte that trumps them all, I respectfully nominate this one: “We are grateful for a step down the right path. It is the first of many miles yet to walk.”

Looking forward

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Guilty Plea from Clayton Stoner, $10K Fine & 3 yr Hunting Ban

Protesters against illegal poaching and hunting gather outside B.C. Provincial Court before Anaheim Ducks defenceman Clayton Stoner was expected to enter a plea in Vancovuer Friday Nov. 13, 2015. Stoner is charged with five counts under the Wildlife Act after a grizzly bear was killed on the central coast in 2013. Photograph by: Darryl Dyck, CP
Protesters against illegal poaching and hunting gather outside B.C. Provincial Court before Anaheim Ducks defenceman Clayton Stoner was expected to enter a plea in Vancovuer Friday Nov. 13, 2015. Stoner is charged with five counts under the Wildlife Act after a grizzly bear was killed on the central coast in 2013.
Photograph by: Darryl Dyck, CP

Update by Bears Forever Organization on the Outcome of the Clayton Stoner Case.  He was found guilty of holding a resident Limited Entry Hunt tag for a grizzly bear when he was not a resident of the province at that time …Mr. Stoner was fined $10,000 and banned from hunting in B.C. for three years. From facebook page of Bears Forever https://www.facebook.com/bearsforeverbc

As everyone celebrates Clayton Stoner being sentenced today, here are some things to bear in mind:

 

1) Trophy hunting is not illegal under Settler law. Stoner has simply been found guilty of hunting with the wrong kind of license. We need to make this illegal under Settler law so the activity stops completely.

2) Stoner is also guilty of contravening the Indigenous ban on trophy hunting under Indigenous law, and the Settler courts have no jurisdiction over that.

3) No one would have caught Stoner in the first place if First Nations hadn’t been investing their money and energy in monitoring hunt activity. The Province has NO capacity to effectively regulate or monitor the hunt. That burden falls to us.

4) Justice for the Grizzly shot by Stoner, is important. But what we’re fighting for with the Bears Forever campaign is justice for ALL bears. That won’t happen until the province regulates an end to the hunt. And we won’t stop our work until they do.

You can find out more about what we’re doing at bearsforever.ca

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NHL’s Clayton Stoner to Enter Plea for the possible Illegal Killing of a Grizzly

                                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

Globe and Mail: BC, The Ancient Skill of Hunting is about Humility and Respect for Animals

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/the-ancient-skill-of-hunting-is-about-humility-and-respect-for-animals/article25815439/

MARK HUME

VANCOUVER — The Globe and Mail

Published Sunday, Aug. 02, 2015 7:40PM EDT

Last updated Sunday, Aug. 02, 2015 11:20PM EDT

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Drawn by the scent of death, the apex predators came to the hunters. That’s what made the killing of Cecil the lion in Africa, and the shooting of an unnamed grizzly bear in British Columbia, both illegal activities.

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Ian McAllister of Pacific Wild has Audiences Spellbound during Great Bear Wild’14 Book Tour & Talk!

A new book called Great Bear Wild is about a photographer’s exploration of one of Earth’s last great hideaways                                                         (Ian McAllister of www.pacificwild.org) Times Colonist Article on Nov 9, 2014 http://www.timescolonist.com/news When photographer and author Ian McAllister left Victoria for the… Read More »Ian McAllister of Pacific Wild has Audiences Spellbound during Great Bear Wild’14 Book Tour & Talk!

Why Does B.C. Government So Desperately Want Grizzly Bears Dead? by Chris Genovali

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/chris-genovali/bc-grizzly-bear-hunt_b_5155807.html?utm_hp_ref=tw We want these bears dead. This is the message the B.C. government’s “reallocation policy” sends to Raincoast Conservation Foundation, British Columbians, and Canadians across the country. This policy is also preventing the implementation of an innovative solution to end… Read More »Why Does B.C. Government So Desperately Want Grizzly Bears Dead? by Chris Genovali

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