Stop the grizzly killing facebook page Published · 17 hrs BC’s Grizzlies need you! Are you outraged over BC’s Grizzly Meat loophole? Then make your voice heard. Please join this event and share it far and wide: https://www.facebook.com/events/481563502223788/ The Grizzlies need… Read More »Deadline for Input Nov 2, 2017 on Grizz Hunt in BC!
Click Here: For more information on Valhalla Wilderness Society October 6, 2017 OPEN LETTER TO THE BC GOVERNMENT OPPOSING THE CONTINUATION OF HUNTING GRIZZLY BEARS FOR MEAT We, the undersigned environmental and animal welfare organzations, and wildlife-based businesses, are pleased… Read More »Letter to BC Gov’t Opposing Hunting Grizzly Bears For Meat
August 20, 2017 By Martyn Brown, The Georgia Strait Pls read full article – 14pages: https://www.straight.com/news/953686/martyn-brown-stopping-bcs-bloody-sport-grizzly-killing
A grizzly bear is seen fishing for salmon along the Atnarko river in Tweedsmuir Provincial Park near Bella Coola, B.C. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press)http://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4220550The NDP promised to end B.C.’s grizzly bear trophy hunt, but with the September hunt rapidly approaching there are few details to explain how or when that would happen.
B.C.’s grizzly bear trophy hunt allows both resident and non-resident hunters to purchase a licence to hunt a grizzly bear for sport according to a predetermined quota.
License cost varies according to whether the hunter is a B.C. resident ($80) or not ($1000). Non-residents are also required to employ a registered guide outfitter. The trophy hunt takes place in the spring and fall.
Last November, Premier John Horgan made a campaign promise he would end the controversial hunt, promising full protection for the “majestic animals. “But with the hunt scheduled in September, the deadline to pass a ban is imminent.
Political flashpoint
The former Liberal government maintained the hunt has a positive economic impact — supporting local outfitters and tourist operations — and that the grizzly population is healthy enough to absorb the hunt.
Mark Werner, the vice-president of the Guide Outfitters Association of B.C., said the hunt is an important part of the province’s heritage. “This country and this province [were] built on trapping, hunting and fishing,” he said. “We have a lot of heritage here. We have a lot of culture here.”
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In 2013, National Hockey League defenseman Clayton Stoner ignored the wishes of local aboriginals and shot an adult male grizzly in the Kwatna River estuary. In 2016, Stoner was fined $10,000 under the Wildlife Act for hunting without a proper… Read More »Green MLA Backs Grizzly Trophy Hunt Ban & Says Party Policy Inadequate by Larry Pynn
