B.C. government putting an end to the grizzly bear trophy hunt


Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations

News Release

Victoria, Monday, August 14, 2017 2:45 PM



Contact: Media Relations, Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017FLNR0232-001442



Effective Nov. 30, 2017, the British Columbia government will end grizzly bear trophy hunting throughout the province and stop all hunting of grizzlies in the Great Bear Rainforest, Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Minister Doug Donaldson announced today.



“By bringing trophy hunting of grizzlies to an end, we’re delivering on our commitment to British Columbians,” Donaldson said. “This action is supported by the vast majority of people across our province.



“In particular, we owe it to generations past and future to do all we can to protect the beauty and uniqueness of the Great Bear Rainforest. We believe the action we’re taking goes beyond the commitment to Coastal First Nations made as part of the 2016 Great Bear Rainforest agreements.”



There are an estimated 15,000 grizzly bears in British Columbia. Each year, approximately 250 are taken by hunters. While the trophy hunt will end, hunting for meat will be allowed to continue.



During the fall months, Donaldson said that government will consult with First Nations and stakeholder groups to determine next steps and mechanisms as B.C. moves toward ending the trophy hunt. Additionally, government will be moving forward with a broader consultation process on a renewed wildlife management strategy for the province.



“The key elements of that strategy will include dedicated funding for wildlife and habitat conservation and a collaborative process in developing short and long-term plans for wildlife resources,” Donaldson said.

With a population over 15K and a harvest of only 250 a year, they will ultimately have grizzlies coming out of their ears! This is another great example of wildlife management through the ballot box with a bunch of voters that do not have a clue what they are doing.

Here is another link with some good info. Love the part where they say they are banning the hunt they just don't know exactly how they will be implementing the rules.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...-announced-1.4247060

Some years ago in Northern Illinois a bunch of politically connected tree huggers put an end to population control of whitetail deer . They claimed it was their right to see these beautiful timid animals. Then one day one of them became infected from a deer tick and the slaughter began, now the only time you see a deer is when it is on a car/truck coming from Wisconsin during their deer season.

Am I seeing the future of many American states? Probably.

Karl,

why posting a second post on the same matter?

you may have contributed on the one i created ...

http://forums.accuratereloadin...7621043/m/2391005432

anyway more noise is better than no noise.

good luck for the resident hunters to get it back.

I just hope some of the stupid bastards implementing this ban get eaten by a grizzly, that would be justice.

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Originally posted by Navaluk:
Am I seeing the future of many American states? Probably.

They tired in a lot of states and lost, States have been adopting right to hunt amendments to their constitutions.

They tried hard in Wis. in the late 70's and 80's and lost.

I think there is a good chance for limited Grizzly hunting out west in their core areas in the next few years.

NJ. bear hunting is about to be shut down as the newly elected governor ran on closing the bear hunt as one of his campaign promises.

The fight goes on.

The situation here in BC, is culturally and politically MUCH different from that in even adjoining US jurisdictions.

My family has lived here for nearly 150 years, a long time in this province and I spent decades in resource management agencies. I know the issues, groups and personalities involved in this and what policies, far worse, are coming and I seriously doubt we shall legally hunt Grizzlies, here again.

Hunting here, except for a tiny group of racially-defined persons, is on the way out, IMO, and game populations, bears excepted, are lower than I can remember in my nearly 60 years of active, often solo, hunting, fishing, hiking and wilderness working experience.

Most people here simply do NOT care about wildlife management and our immigration policies have largely contributed to that.

C'est la vie, probably a done deal.

Unfortunately I believe Snap has it right. Some of us have been watching this train wreck coming for a long time. Unfortunately most hunters really do have their heads up their butts when it comes to what is really going on and just how close we are to serious shut downs in hunting that will go far beyond the grizzly closure.

From shell fish to grizzlies.....there has been a huge impact already and more to come.

4.6 million residents in BC, and the roughly 4 million that live in a "metropolitan" area get to end hunting for the other 95% of the province they don't live, work, hunt, fish or recreate in.....awesome politics.

I sympathize with you all up there. Nature to the vast majority of these idiots is something viewed on TV or out their window.

No, that is not what is happening, some of the most experienced bios and bushmen in BC oppose this hunt and for various reasons.

The most extreme opponents are from the US, immigrants and "draftdodgers" and also radical, money seeking pseudo-environmentalists.

The other group are the radical, "you stole our land" aboriginals and these love to boast about being the "stewards of nature" and how they are living their "culture", usually while wearing the latest "Patigucci" and MEC synthetic gear........

Behind, ALL of this is ONE issue, we have in abundance here in BC and that is WATER......wait and see.

From what I can find in a short search, these aboriginals make up less than 5% of your population, and if they are as great stewards of nature as the ones in the US then that means they shoot anything that moves at any time of the year and usually leave it where it lies.

I'd be interested in knowing why the experienced bios and bushmen as you call them support the ban.

The biggest threat to society and specifically conservation is not global warming or climate change it is PSEUDOSCIENCE or worse decisions made in the face of NO SCIENCE at all !

This decision on Bear hunting was political and that is bad ! Also made in the absence of any science and the ramifications are going to impact wildlife numbers significantly.

We are seeing more and more Grizzly bears and fewer and fewer moose. There is also a huge increase in the wolf populations.

This ^^^^^