Tag: coexist

Bears in Coquitlam: ‘All I saw was a dead bear’

Volunteers and I joined the City of Coquitlam staff to distribute bear information to targeted communities last weekend. Daily sightings of bears were being reported, and garbage was the culprit. The neighbourhood we focused on was a few blocks from where a girl was involved in a violent conflict this summer (that bear was a habituated mother with cubs, and was killed).

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Register now: Compassionate Conservation Week

Our new webinar series is launching September 20 and we want you to be a part of it! For four days we’ll be (digital) playing host to some of the best and brightest as they discuss subjects related to the new realm of compassionate conservation. And to headline it all, we’re bringing in one of the people who knows the field best: Dr. Marc Bekoff!

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Open letter: Revelstoke bears in crisis

We were saddened to see the disturbing level of conflict and lethal action taken against bears in and around Revelstoke in recent weeks. While we appreciate that there are numerous factors that lead to conflict, and that many municipalities are facing the reality of managing more responsibilities with fewer resources, we believe that Revelstoke can take more action to end these conflicts – and the lethal action that too often is applied.

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