1998-08-02
Times Colonist, Victoria, BC
by Cindy E. Harnett
… Main
speakers included WCWC founder Paul George and wildlife campaigner Anthony
Marr. Many in the audience had helped to gather signatures for WCWC’s 1996
campaign in which about 90,000 signatures were obtained to save BC’s
bears.
At
that time, Environment Minister Cathy McGregor did not act on any of the
organization’s three requests: to stop bear hunting, to further protect
bear habitat or to increase fines for poachers. The minister re-stated her
commitment to hunters last week.
“Trophy hunting is a concern to some British Columbians, but there are
real economic benefits to hunting around the province. In the interior,
hunting is very much a way of life and the way in which some areas of our
province gain economic opportunity,” she said…
Marr
says there are (possibly as few as) 4,000 to 7,000 grizzlies left. He
expects in 20-30 years, they will be extinct in almost all of BC if no
action is taken.
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