1996-11-13
The Citizen, Prince George, BC
by
Gordon Hoekstra
Unable to get permission to set up their ban-bear-hunting petition drive
at any of the malls here, a Lower Mainland preservation group will try to
gather signatures near the Civic Centre starting Friday.
In general, the malls told him that they didn’t want to alienate anyone,
Anthony Marr said Tuesday… Marr believes many more people would have
become bear petition canvassers in rural areas, but they’ve been
intimidated by a strong counter reaction to the ban-bear-hunting campaign,
especially in the Central Interior…
But he added, “We’ve got a job to do, and we’re giving it our best shot.”…
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