Opposition to the hunt is highest on Vancouver Island at 79 per cent and lowest in Metro Vancouver with 66 per cent opposed.
The province wants to know what British Columbians think about management of B.C.’s grizzly bear population and, on one key issue, the government now has unequivocal answers.
The results of a poll by Research Co., conducted in partnership with Pacific Wild Alliance, was released two days before today’s deadline for official public feedback on the province’s draft Grizzly Bear Stewardship Framework, which has the stated aim of improving conservation efforts and identifying knowledge gaps.
“There’s a big concern that this is a sort of underhanded way of reinstating the grizzly bear trophy hunt,” said Karen McAllister, Pacific Wild executive director. The Framework acknowledges that, while some Indigenous communities have a deep understanding that grizzly bears should not be hunted and some have benefited economically from bear-viewing, other communities have suffered economic losses from the closure of grizzly hunting.
It is language that opens a crack in the trophy hunting door, especially in the north of the province where grizzly populations are slightly healthier. A major concern with the Framework is a plan to set up regional wildlife advisory boards, which conservation organizations fear could easily be dominated by hunting organizations.
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