Wednesday, December 14, 2005

CBC - Conservationists pay more than $1 million to end bear hunt

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"It's an area where the [white] spirit bear is found... the purchase doesn't mean an end to all hunting in the area. McAllister says B.C. residents will still be entitled to hunt in the territory."





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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

so tell me guy from canadia...is this good or bad? in my home area the honkies (jamooka men) would hunt bears wih frying pans full of malkins over a campfire. the people (finlanders and shinnobs)would hunt a bear only if the spirit told them too. so is a spiritual hunt in canadia a bad thing these days? does one really even need to buy a license out in the boonies? never paid for a license for anything in my life. seems kind of disrespectful in my eyes (towards the animal) to hand the state a payoff before pulling the trigger or setting the hook...

Hoka-shay-honaqut said...

WDGL; the article is talking about how a conservation group bought out a commercial bunting guide company's license, to decrease the non-resident trophy hunting pressure on the conservation area. Presumably, Native hunting rights were unaffected; I'm not sure that the local First Nations would hunt the "Spirit Bears" (albino black bears), for any reason other than serious ceremonial reasons, anyway.