1996-08
The Georgia Straight, Vancouver, BC
by Charlie Smith

 

During a recent province-wide tour, WCWC wildlife campaigner Anthony Marr discovered how difficult it will be to achieve a ban on bear hunting� In public meetings to promote holding a vote on the issue, he was usually hounded by dozens of angry hunters who tried to intimidate him. �In Port Alberni, 60 of them showed up, and there were only five environmentalists,� Marr said. �They are organized and they are hostile, and when they show up, it�s 10 to one � ten of them to one environmentalist.�� Marr will speak about this issue on Thursday (August 8) at the H.R. MacMillan Planetarium at 7:30 p.m.- and he expects to see angry hunters in the audience. �I�m beginning to enjoy confronting them,�

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