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B.C. to end grizzly bear trophy hunting — after this year's hunt
Ban will be effective Nov. 30, 2017, says B.C. government

The grizzly bear trophy hunt has been controversial for years in British Columbia. (Dave Gilson/CBC)



The B.C. government has announced plans to end the controversial grizzly bear trophy hunt, following up on a campaign promise made by the NDP before the election.

The ban will take effect Nov. 30, 2017, throughout the province.

This year's grizzly hunting season is set to open Tuesday in the Peace River region. Other parts of the province will be open to grizzly hunting at the beginning of September.

The grizzly trophy hunt has long been the target of activists and conservationists.

Last year, Coastal First Nations, an alliance of nine First Nations along the central and north B.C. coast and Haida Gwaii, posted signs across the province, stating "Trophy Hunting is Closed in the Great Bear Rainforest. Respect our Traditional Laws."

In March, the Grizzly Bear Foundation, chaired by housing developer and art philanthropist Michael Audain, released an 88-page report which included ending the trophy hunt among its 19 recommendations.

The group's report followed consultations throughout the province.

Terrible, what the hell is going on in Canada?

It being run by left wing assholes and wing nuts . Were on a highway too hell up here

Yep The greens and the lefties colluded and are running a minority government and in short order are running everything into the ground !

Bit too early to tell as the previous two administrations have been THE WORST for all aspects of environmental management incuding wildlife management in BC's history.

The last one colluded with the largely foreign-owned Guide Outfitters of BC, to cut resident quotas of OUR game in favour of allowing the largest quotas for foreign hunters in any North American jurisdiction.

The GOABC, simply ignored the agreement made some ten years ago with resident hunters and actually had the former Premier of BC, posing with their leaders in a photo widely circulated in the province.

So, there are hopes for better funding for our forest service, fish and wildlife agency and parks. They are still FAR too "pro" foreign "ownership" and allowing foreign workers in commercial hunting jobs, which should be reserved for BC citizen-residents only, but, some improvements are probable.

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Originally posted by SNAP:
Bit too early to tell as the previous two administrations have been THE WORST for all aspects of environmental management incuding wildlife management in BC's history.

The last one colluded with the largely foreign-owned Guide Outfitters of BC, to cut resident quotas of OUR game in favour of allowing the largest quotas for foreign hunters in any North American jurisdiction.

The GOABC, simply ignored the agreement made some ten years ago with resident hunters and actually had the former Premier of BC, posing with their leaders in a photo widely circulated in the province.

So, there are hopes for better funding for our forest service, fish and wildlife agency and parks. They are still FAR too "pro" foreign "ownership" and allowing foreign workers in commercial hunting jobs, which should be reserved for BC citizen-residents only, but, some improvements are probable.

Kute,

i do not know how you can see an improvment when they start with a ban on a specy not at risk ...

what is coming next is the control of grizzly hunting by ottawa with cosewic and you can say goodbye to that hunt ...

Phil, I am thinking in terms of at least some improvements in funding-staffing for our forest service, fish and wildlife and parks.

I have NO illusions about any politician in Canada, in respect of doing anything that will advance, improve and protect hunting, so, am willing to take what little this administration will give and run with it.

We had better management and even funding when I worked for the BCFS and BCF&W in the mid-'60s, but, we do not now have the vote numbers now in relation to population that we did then.

I also tend to think that as Grizzlies now walk right into interior and coastal towns, there will be a death and that may well change the ever fickle "public opinion" as this is what controls these decisions.

Pretty sad news. I was really hoping to plan a grizzly hunt in BC in the near future. Unfortunately bears of all kinds have become the poster child of the animal rights wakos so the powers that be in the government tend to cave in rather easily.

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Originally posted by Cougarz:
Pretty sad news. I was really hoping to plan a grizzly hunt in BC in the near future. Unfortunately bears of all kinds have become the poster child of the animal rights wakos so the powers that be in the government tend to cave in rather easily.

do not wait or will be to late ...

https://www.coastmountainnews....ly-bear-hunting-ban/



Northern B.C. First Nations call for reversal of grizzly bear hunting ban

Growing grizzly populations have led to fewer ungulates and increased fear of attacks says Chad Day

REBECCA DYOK, LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Jul. 11, 2020 9:25 a.m.NEWS





First Nations in the northwestern most corner of B.C. want to see the grizzly bear hunt restored within their territory.

Chad Day is the president of the Tahltan Central Government which serves as the administrative governing body of the remote Tahltan Nation.

He said it is important for people to understand that not all areas of the province have conservation concerns about grizzlies, which can kill up to 40 ungulate calves each month, according to studies in Alaska and other parts of the United States.

“They are the apex predators in our country,” Day said. “They are extremely dangerous to not just other wildlife but to people and the conservation efforts of other (prey) species that we hold dear as Canadians, British Columbians and Indigenous people.”



Since the B.C. government ended all grizzly bear hunting across the province in December 2017, Day said the population in Tahltan territory, which covers an area larger than Portugal, has surged.

While members have luckily avoided being involved in an attack, it is only a matter of time, he said.

“They’ve been inside their camps more than normal,” he said. “Our people who go out hunting are pretty well-versed in the wilderness, obviously, so they’ve been able to avoid any serious issues with grizzly bears, but the feedback that we’ve received from everybody out on the land is that there are more grizzly bears than ever, that they’re becoming more aggressive than ever and that the’yre not fearing humans as much as they normally would.”

Tahltan people are certainly being more and more careful, he added.



The ban on grizzly bear hunting followed consultations with First Nations, stakeholder groups and the public, in which 78 per cent of respondents recommended the hunt be stopped entirely, noted the B.C. Government in a news release in December 2017.

Day, however, said the Tahltan people and Tahltan governments have always been of the mindset that predators, specifically grizzly bears and wolves, need to be properly managed through science and Indigenous-based decisions.

“The Tahltan people for hundreds, probably thousands of years, controlled predator populations to make sure that we had abundant wildlife populations especially with ungulates,” he said. “If we’re going to only kill ungulates as people and we’re going to protect apex predators like the grizzly bear it’s just common sense that over time you’re going to have more and more grizzlies and you’re going to have less and less ungulates and fish.”



A spokesperson with the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development said they are aware of the position of the Tahltan Central Government on grizzly bear hunting, however, have no plan to change the ban.



Grizzly bear research projects and habitat assessments continue, the spokesperson added.

“Proposals to implement management tools to implement habitat protections are underway in multiple areas of the province.”

An independent audit of grizzly bear management by Carol Bellringer in October 2017 found the B.C. Government did not fulfill many of their commitments including identifying and securing key grizzly bear habitats, creating a grizzly bear management plan and implementing a recovery plan for the North Cascades grizzly bear populations.

Bellringer made a total of ten recommendations to the province and wrote “the greatest threat to grizzly bears is not hunting, but rather, human activities that degrade grizzly bear habitat.”



The ministry spokesperson said Bellringer’s comment is reflective that hunting was managed in a manner as to not impact grizzly populations.

“The Province is continuing to advance the recommendations and reports annual to the Public Accounts Committee. There have been some delays this year due to challenges related to COVID-19.”

According to government figures there are about 15,000 grizzly bear in the province, which is about a quarter of the entire North American population.

The hunting ban upset many B.C. guide-outfitters who alleged the ‘bad form’ ban had nothing do with science and financially harmed them.

Approximately 25 per cent of guide-fitters eligible for transition support had applied and were approved, the ministry spokesperson said.

As the ban does not apply to First Nations who are still able to harvest grizzly bears for food, social or ceremonial purposes under their Aboriginal or treaty rights, Day is preparing to participate in his first grizzly hunt at the end of next month.



He said the Tahltan Central Government will be working towards creating its own predator management program for the Tahltan Nation.

“We just want to make sure that we make balanced decisions that are based in science and Indigenous knowledge rather than based in emotions from whatever the most popular opinion is in B.C. because we know that the average British Columbian doesn’t live amongst grizzly bears and understand those apex predators like we do.”

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Last year, Coastal First Nations, an alliance of nine First Nations along the central and north B.C. coast and Haida Gwaii, posted signs across the province, stating "Trophy Hunting is Closed in the Great Bear Rainforest. Respect our Traditional Laws."