The same wildlife protection group that successfully campaigned against the grizzly bear trophy hunt in B.C. is now urging the government to end what they call the trophy hunting of cougars, lynxes…
The same wildlife protection group that successfully campaigned against the grizzly bear trophy hunt in B.C. is now urging the government to end what they call the trophy hunting of cougars, lynxes and bobcats.
In 2017, B.C. banned the hunting of grizzly bears, and is now facing a possible class-action lawsuit from guide outfitters who are seeking damages and other restitution from the province for the loss of a lucrative part of their business. He dismissed hunters who claim they are killing the cats for their meat and that the hunt is no different than hunting deer, moose and elk for meat.
But hunting proponents have argued that using hounds allows hunters time to examine the cat and only shoot if it is a prized mature tom, freeing the female and immature cats.Knowles said it is hard to estimate how many wild cats live in B.C., quoting one study that estimated there are 4,000 across Canada, 3,500 of which are in B.C.
Chad Day, the president of the Tahltan Indigenous government in Dease Lake, said in a text he opposes the grizzly and wild cat ban because “we believe in science-based decision making and wildlife management, not populist policies that fail to respect modern-day science, Indigenous knowledge or local knowledge.”
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