B.C. bans grizzly hunting effective immediately

[OnlinePoker]

Less than a month after a ban on grizzly bear trophy hunting came into effect, the province has decided to expand the ban to include hunting the species for meat.

B.C.'s minister of forests, lands and natural resources made the announcement Monday, stating that the decision was made after consultations conducted earlier this fall.

"We have listened to what British Columbians have to say on this issue and it is abundantly clear that the grizzly hunt is not in line with their values," Doug Donaldson said in a statement.

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-bans-grizzly-hunting-effective-immediately-1.3726358

Kind of pisses me off that indigenous people get a pass based on "treaty rights". It should be a ban for everyone because in this day and age, nobody needs to kill a bear to eat or for ceremonial purposes.

[Cattledog]

1. Great news!

[Corvo Bianco]

2. GOOD!

[raven mad]

3. Trophy hunting is absolutely sick, and those who do it deserve dire consequences.

I'm Alaskan. I cannot STAND "trophy" hunters.

GO BC! (Oh, and pass it up to the Yukon Territory as well - one of my favorite places on earth!)

[Duppers]

4. And this magnificent animals are so intelligent...

Look at their brain size...



Of course that doesn't matter to scum of the earth trophy hunters.

[caraher]

5. Hunting is not the biggest concern really

The province said staff will also be implementing recommendations made in a report released in October on grizzly bear management.

The report found that the greatest risk to B.C.'s 15,000 grizzlies is the degradation of their habitat, not hunting.

B.C.'s auditor general cited increased infrastructure, expansion of gas and oil development and human settlement as the bears' biggest threat.

If the move helps preserve habitat, that's the real benefit.

I'd also hesitate to bemoan indigenous people's "free pass." I think it's up to them to reflect on their own culture, values and the present state of the world and decide for themselves whether they "need" to kill a bear to eat or for ceremonial purposes. I'm pretty sure the environmental problems that threaten the grizzly come mainly from the folks who knew better than indigenous peoples and carrying forward the mindset of settler colonialism isn't going to help.