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• Trophy Hunters in the Line of Fire

  Created: Saturday, 13 June 2009 07:04

  Trophy Hunters in the Line of Fire By Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun June 12, 2009 A young grizzly looks out to sea along the B.C. coast near Bella Bella. Photograph by: Ian McAllister, Pacific Wild.   Gary Shelton has shot his share of grizzlies over...

• Grizzly Bear Species at Risk, Says Naturalist Charlie Russell

  Created: Tuesday, 28 April 2009 14:37

  Grizzly Bear Species at Risk, Says Naturalist Charlie Russell By Tamara Gignac, Calgary Herald April 27, 2009   A world-famous grizzly bear researcher is calling on Alberta to declare the animals a threatened species, arguing enough isn''t being done...

• Form Letter from Minister Penner re: Stop Trophy Hunting of Bears on Coast

  Created: Saturday, 11 April 2009 17:43

    Form Letter from Minister Penner re: Stop Trophy Hunting of Bears on Coast Dear Ms. XXXX, Thank you for your email of March 25, 2009 regarding hunting in British Columbia (BC). I have noted your concerns with respect to bear hunting. Hunting is an ...

• UBC Forestry Prof Laments Great Bear Plan

  Created: Saturday, 04 April 2009 14:43

  UBC Forestry Prof Laments Great Bear Plan Colleen Kimmett April 2, 2009 Forestry Prof Laments Great Bear Plan   The provincial government's Great Bear Rainforest plan was released on Tuesday to much fanfare from environmental groups and media. News...

• Second Humane Society Call to Action- Hunt Starts Today, April 1st

  Created: Wednesday, 01 April 2009 22:24

  Second Humane Society Call to Action- Hunt Starts Today, April 1st April 1, 2009 © Ian McAllister Starting today, bears throughout the Great Bear Rainforest will be innocent victims of trophy hunters. Please speak out on their behalf right now. D...

• BC Govt to End Hunting of White Phased Black Bears across BC

  Created: Wednesday, 01 April 2009 20:09

    BC Govt to End Hunting of White Phased Black Bears across BC By Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun March 29, 2009 A white-phase black bear caught in a culvert trap last fall near Elkford. Photograph by: Sarah Smith, Vancouver Sun   VANCOUVER — If it...

• Commentary on Political Announcement on Great Bear Rainforest

  Created: Wednesday, 01 April 2009 17:35

  Commentary on Political Announcement on Great Bear Rainforest Campbell shines up his enviro credentials. Premier trots out Great Bear plan at the last minute. Michael Smyth, The Province Published: Tuesday, March 31, 2009   With the way the Liberal...

• Commentary - Grizzly Bear Hunt has no Place in Modern Society

  Created: Wednesday, 01 April 2009 17:31

  Tim Irvin / Raincoast Conservation   March 31, 2009 Grizzly Bear Hunt has no Place in Modern Society By Chris Genovali   I went "undercover" once with a European television producer to the workshop of a taxidermist-come-trophy hunter on Vancouv...

• Hunt Grizzlies with a Camera

  Created: Thursday, 26 March 2009 20:28

    Hunt Grizzlies with a Camera Times Colonist, March 26 2009   Grizzly bear hunters and guides should abandon firearms and take up photography, a letter writer says. Whether or not to hunt grizzlies is not just a matter of conservation, or economic...

• Coastal Grizzly Hunt Should End

  Created: Thursday, 26 March 2009 20:07

    Coastal Grizzly Hunt Should End Times Colonist, March 24 2009   Killing grizzly bears for fun is a cruel anachronism, one that could prove economically damaging to the province. It's time to stop shooting the grizzlies for sport along the B.C. coa...

• Pacific Coast of British Columbia -Great Bear Rainforest & Haida Gwaii

  Created: Wednesday, 25 March 2009 04:35

  This Map is from the Tourism Association and it shows the regions of the different bears in the Great Bear Rainforest and on Haida Gwaii in the central and northern regions.   This map at this time also shows the hunters where the bears are. The S...

• In 1999 Ontario Cancelled the Spring Bear Hunt for Ethical Reasons

  Created: Tuesday, 24 March 2009 02:05

  In 1999 Ontario Cancelled the Spring Bear Hunt for Ethical Reasons Animal Alliance and Bear Alliance endorse Minister's position to ban Spring Bear Hunt. January 15th 1999   Animal Alliance and the Bear Alliance fully endorse the move by Minister Joh...

• B.C. Defends Reduced Grizzly Hunt - BC Local News Mar 22

  Created: Monday, 23 March 2009 14:09

  B.C. Defends Reduced Grizzly Hunt - BC Local News Mar 22 B.C. Defends Reduced Grizzly Hunt A grizzly bear fishes in a coastal river. B.C. has extended its protected areas but will still allow a limited-entry hunt. By Tom Fletcher - BC Local News Pub...

• Campaign: Imagine the Great Bear Rainforest without Bears!

  Created: Friday, 20 March 2009 19:59

  Imagine the Great Bear Rainforest without Bears! Watch THE DEATH OF A GREAT BEAR video at www.pacificwild.org, YouTube, or Facebook. The Great Bear Rainforest Grizzly, Spirit and Haida black bears need protection now and here are easy ways you can do th...

• Additional Areas Added to Protect Grizzly and Black Bears…Note from Bearmatters - Stop the Hunt!

  Created: Thursday, 19 March 2009 01:59

    Additional Areas Added to Protect Grizzly and Black Bears…Note from Bearmatters - Stop the Hunt! Additional Areas Added to Protect Grizzly and Black Bears By 250 News Wednesday, March 18, 2009 03:58 AM   Prince George, B.C.- Environment Minist...

• Conservation Groups Ask BC Gov’t to Ban Trophy Bear Hunt - Canadian Press

  Created: Wednesday, 18 March 2009 21:30

    Conservation Groups Ask BC Gov’t to Ban Trophy Bear Hunt - Canadian Press March 17, 2009 - 22:03 Dene Moore, THE CANADIAN PRESS  - MacLeans.ca   VANCOUVER, B.C. - A coalition of conservationists and First Nations wants the B.C. government to b...

• First Nations and Enviro Called Tues for End of Trophy Hunting of Grizzly Bears and Black Bears

  Created: Wednesday, 18 March 2009 21:04

    First Nations and Enviro Called Tues for End of Trophy Hunting of Grizzly Bears and Black Bears Groups call for end to B.C. bear hunt By Elaine O’Connor, The Province March 18, 2009 Photography by, Mathieu Belanger file, Reuters   Imagine t...

• B.C. Coalition Seeks Ban on Trophy Hunting of Bears

  Created: Wednesday, 18 March 2009 05:34

  B.C. Coalition Seeks Ban on Trophy Hunting of Bears Last Updated: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 | 5:27 PM PT Comments | Recommend   The coalition says trophy hunters gunned down 370 grizzly bears in 2007. (CBC) A coalition of environmental and First Nati...

• Groups Call on BC Government to End Trophy Hunting of Bears before April 1st

  Created: Wednesday, 18 March 2009 03:47

    Groups Call on BC Government to End Trophy Hunting of Bears before April 1st First Nations, Animal Protection and Conservation Groups Unite to Save Bears in BC’s Great Bear Rainforest.   (BRITISH COLUMBIA, March 17, 2009) Coastal First Nations, ...

• BBC: Nature’s Great Events Series: Grizzlies Play ‘Salmon Football’

  Created: Friday, 20 February 2009 19:57

    BBC: Nature’s Great Events Series: Grizzlies Play ‘Salmon Football’ Grizzlies reveal 'fancy footwork' By Rebecca Morelle, Science reporter, BBC News   They may look slow and clumsy, but underwater cameras have revealed that grizzly bears ca...