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July 8, 2010 by Chris Genovali of Raincoast Society and Elizabeth Farries an Environmental Law Centre Student at UVictoria
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-genovali/stop-the-needless-killing_b_634788.html
When British Columbia Conservation Officer Andrew Anaka learned that a Bella Coola Valley resident was threatening to "pop" a grizzly bear mother and her three cubs for stealing salmon off his deck, Anaka advised the man to instead remove his salmon. He said the family of bears should only be shot if they were an imminent threat. The resident did not remove the salmon and later shot all four bears.
A disturbing number of grizzlies are killed in the Bella Coola Valley on Canada's Pacific coast because of similar, avoidable human behaviour. "Problem Wildlife Occurrence" records from the BC Conservation Officer Service show that residents are not managing food, garbage, and other items that attract grizzlies. While managing interaction with large carnivores is a province-wide issue that needs to be addressed throughout BC, the Bella Coola Valley has to be considered ground zero when it comes to chronic human-bear conflicts on the coast.
Unintentionally feeding these animals leads to safety issues -- and it is the grizzlies that wind up paying the price.
Current legislation is not helping. While Section 88.1 of the BC Wildlife Act is aimed at preventing these types of deaths, it is virtually unenforceable.
Section 88.1 makes it an offence to leave out food, food waste, compost or other waste or garbage that could attract dangerous wildlife. However, its enforcement steps are too cumbersome. Section 88.1 requires that Conservation Officers:
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Thursday, 01 July 2010 19:32 |
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Thursday, 01 July 2010 17:22 |
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Helen Kelly
by ALN Created 2010-06-29 23:56
Some Implications for Guidelines, Regulations, and the Wider World of Biomedical Research
The Science can Change the Policy, and the Policy will Change the Science -- Sebastien Farnaud
On December 1, 2009 European Union member states ratified the Treaty of Lisbon, which grants legal status to animals by virtue of sentience. This was a defining moment in the age-old debate about whether animals feel pain and if so, whether they know it and suffer. It was also the culmination of decades during which animal welfare had risen in political importance.
Conferring sentience signalled the coming of comprehensive guidelines and tighter regulations regarding treatment of live animals used for experimental and other scientific purpose. Henceforth, investigators will not only show cause for a design using animals; the design would incorporate best practice in animal well-being. Among other things, that means delimiting suffering at every stage, from transportation through experimental procedures and levels of pain, and where applicable, to end of life. It means showing due diligence in providing an environment within which each animal may express species specific behaviour and consistently monitoring for stress.
Read More:http://www.alnmag.com/print/4735
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