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Originally Posted by Smoky buck
The NDP openly admitted that the hunt was closed because the public deemed it “ un acceptable trophy hunt”.
It was not shutdown do to FN there is actually FN bands that have been pushing for the grizzly hunt to reopen since the day it closed.
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That is correct. The NDP employed a faulty online "
poll" to which anyone, from anywhere could answer repeatedly. The Anti's jumped all over that and their well greased machine went to work pushing their agenda night & day. Very much skewed the numbers which the NDP then trotted out as
proof positive the vast majority of "BC'ers" were adamantly opposed to the hunt. Then shut it down based on "
ethical" beliefs.
Since then the number of grizzlies killed annually by CO's (and others) have skyrocketed. No surprise. Additionally, many more are now swimming from the mainland to Vancouver Island in search of home territories in the face of ever increasing populations of their own. Negative human / bear conflicts are now more or less routine.
There was little support among the FN's for the closure. Many are taking matters into their own hands and dealing with the bears themselves. And many are openly advocating for the hunt's return.
In no way shape nor form can the cessation of the hunt be laid at the FN's feet as implicated above. It was purely and simply an NDP tactic to play for votes in the lower mainland and Victoria.
The webinar will certainly be worth a watch...
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