http://www.michaelsather.com MLA for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Wed, 05 May 2010 19:26:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.michaelsather.com/269_michael-talks-bears-with-minister-penner/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Barb Murray Wed, 05 May 2010 19:26:51 +0000 http://www.michaelsather.com/?p=269#comment-199 Hello Mr. Sather, I respect the fact that you have faced a grizzly bear, most likely acting defensively , and live to talk about it and now advocate for their protection! They can be dangerous animals in the wrong place and wrong time but that doesn't give people the right to kill them needlessly, for fun, for sport! My question to Minister Penner is WHAT science does his gov't use to count grizzlies? If it is the same as Alberta you can ask how that has worked out for them? Also ask Minister Penner about Dr. Michael Proctor's report to their wildife office near Nelson in 2006. Did they not shut down a trophy hunt of grizzlies a short time before it's opening due to Dr. Proctor's precise research of population size, stage and age of grizzlies in one sector...being 89 in number and on decline and not the magic 200 number that gov't assured hunters and all that it contained. What would a biologist/researcher found if given time and resources in the other sectors? No gov't biologist will come out and say how many grizzlies are in one region...they don't know, they don't have money to do better research and counts...just too hard to count grizzlies and also to guess what age, stage and sex the bears are which determines health of a population of any animal in the wild. Ethically it is unforgiveable that our gov't promotes ecotourism with bears and then allows the same populations of bears to be hunted, in and out of parks and conservation areas, especially! Real hunters of food oppose the hunting of trophies for fun and a rug!!! We thankfully have many more of those hunters in BC than the other and we import the other for self-gratituious gain by both commercial outfitters and elite trophy hunters from around the globe. Shameful to our reputation as Super Natural BC! Hello Mr. Sather,
I respect the fact that you have faced a grizzly bear, most likely acting defensively , and live to talk about it and now advocate for their protection! They can be dangerous animals in the wrong place and wrong time but that doesn’t give people the right to kill them needlessly, for fun, for sport!
My question to Minister Penner is WHAT science does his gov’t use to count grizzlies? If it is the same as Alberta you can ask how that has worked out for them?
Also ask Minister Penner about Dr. Michael Proctor’s report to their wildife office near Nelson in 2006. Did they not shut down a trophy hunt of grizzlies a short time before it’s opening due to Dr. Proctor’s precise research of population size, stage and age of grizzlies in one sector…being 89 in number and on decline and not the magic 200 number that gov’t assured hunters and all that it contained. What would a biologist/researcher found if given time and resources in the other sectors? No gov’t biologist will come out and say how many grizzlies are in one region…they don’t know, they don’t have money to do better research and counts…just too hard to count grizzlies and also to guess what age, stage and sex the bears are which determines health of a population of any animal in the wild. Ethically it is unforgiveable that our gov’t promotes ecotourism with bears and then allows the same populations of bears to be hunted, in and out of parks and conservation areas, especially! Real hunters of food oppose the hunting of trophies for fun and a rug!!! We thankfully have many more of those hunters in BC than the other and we import the other for self-gratituious gain by both commercial outfitters and elite trophy hunters from around the globe. Shameful to our reputation as Super Natural BC!

]]> http://www.michaelsather.com/213_michael-brings-local-daycare-concerns-to-the-legislature/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Mao Barkle Mon, 03 May 2010 06:56:28 +0000 http://www.michaelsather.com/?p=213#comment-188 You know I had the toughest time going back to work after my 2nd baby and finding excellent preschool probably was the single biggest reason. :( You know I had the toughest time going back to work after my 2nd baby and finding excellent preschool probably was the single biggest reason.

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