BY LETHBRIDGE HERALD OPINON ON JUNE 25, 2020.

Judy Malone

TOURISTS AGAINST TROPHY HUNTING

In his response to a recent open letter to the Alberta and B.C. governments, signed by more than 100 scientists, bear experts and advocates, asking for three grizzly cubs to be rehabbed for return to the wild, and for an updated grizzly recovery plan, Alberta government spokesperson Gordon Stenhouse seems unaware of recent studies in grizzly rehabilitation and behaviours. It is evidence that should factor into any decisions regarding individuals of a threatened species.

Until 2018 Alberta protocol for all orphaned bear cubs stated they are to be either shot by a conservation officer or sent to a zoo. But as the government well knows, the public reacts strongly to bad news about baby bears. It was only after intense public pressure in 2018 that two black bear cubs were eventually released to the Cochrane…