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Ministry Staff Had Strong Concerns About Bear Rehab Facility on North Shore, Documents Show


Animals  (tags: animals, bears, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 42 days ago - vancouversun.com
The B.C. government's decision to spend $400,000 on an orphan black bear rehabilitation facility on Fromme Mountain on the North Shore was harshly criticized by its own senior bureaucrats, according to freedom-of-information documents released today.
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mary f. (77)
Friday October 30, 2009, 12:12 pm
thanks cher
 

Samantha R. (32)
Friday October 30, 2009, 5:21 pm
On Dec. 7, Hamilton said in an e-mail: "I was also thinking of that habitat up there again . . . sheesh, it reminded me of Mordor, it was that dank and dark and dingy. It is anything but suitable 'nursery' habitat for a pile of little hyperactive (over-fed) coastal black bears."

And on Sept. 9 last year, he said: "If this is going to be a zoo . . . let's call it one and be done with it. . . . This is no solution, it just confounds the issue because it will be carried to the public as a solution, and in the meantime, the bears will suffer the consequences."

A government-commissioned study by bear expert Christopher (Kip) Parker in 2008 strongly recommended the province not fund Fromme Mountain.
 

CaroleNoEmails NO EMAILS (47)
Saturday October 31, 2009, 2:57 pm
Spunds like they tried to do all the right things, but put it in the wrong location....
 
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