Grizzly bear trophy hunting will continue under all the political “bans.”

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Back in 2015, I received a message from a friend and prominent animal
advocate in B.C. who had spent years working to oppose the grizzly bear
trophy hunt. They were incensed about the newly
<https://www.leg.bc.ca/Pages/BCLASS-Legacy.aspx#%2Fcontent%2Fdata%2520-%2520
ldp%2Fpages%2F40th4th%2Fvotes%2Fprogress-of-bills.htm> proposed legislation,
at the time, by Oak Bay-Gordon Head Green MLA Andrew Weaver to
<http://www.vancouverobserver.com/news/proposed-law-aims-kill-trophy-hunting
-bc-green-mla> “put an end to [the] trophy killing of grizzly bears.”

Now, you might ask yourself, why would they be upset by legislation that
superficially has the gleam of saving the bodies of grizzly bears from being
mounted as decorations? And you would be right to. Sadly, despite
<https://www.raincoast.org/2015/03/a-trophy-hunt-by-any-other-name/>
criticism raised against this proposed legislation from many corners since
the beginning, nothing has changed. While it might appear to be good policy
with a flashy headline of saving wildlife, the truth is that it does little
if anything to actually stop the hunt. Not only…

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