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Polar bear parts and Atlantic bluefin tuna may still be traded internationally, as a result of a recent Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species meeting in Doha, Qatar. A U.S representative says that first attempts to list species are often unsuccessful. csmonitor.com nytimes.com winnipegfreepress.com google.com/hostednews/afp focustaiwan.tw asahi.com/english/ Humane Society International, Sierra Club BC, and other environmental groups are taking out full-page ads in newspapers, seeking to end the hunting of grizzly bears and the white spirit bear, a type of black bear carrying a recessive gene. Scott Ellis, general manager of the Guide Outfitters Association of B.C., says that bookings for hunts are [...] Cities, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, will hear a U.S. proposal to ban trade in polar bear parts, including trophy bear skins. The Nanavut government has recently cut the bear allotment in the Baffin Bay region. The Humane Society International and the International Fund for Animal Welfare claim that polar bear hunts [...] Quebec Innu hunters are apparently crossing the border into Labrador and shooting caribou from the George River herd and the endangered Red Wine herd. Outfitter Ray Broughton says fewer than 100 Red Wine caribou are left. He is calling for law enforcement to step in. The Assembly of First Nations states that the Innu have the [...] The Beverly caribou herd has dropped from hundreds of thousands of animals down to 2,000, according to Alex Hall, a Fort Smith outfitter who used to be a wildlife biologist. This could indicate the direction of the Bathurst herd, which has seen hunting severely restricted. Hall said hat he’d never seen under 20,000 caribou in a [...] Prince Rupert, British Columbia, received around 189,000 visitors in July and August 2007, with 8%, or 15,000, coming for the purpose of fishing. These 8% contributed 31% of the $52 million in tourism dollars during the period. The 2007 Prince Rupert Visitor Study examined these and other details around tourism in Prince Rupert. Summer of [...] Local Inuit claim the Baffin Bay polar bear population is on the rise, but scientists disagree. Environment Canada claims that “there is available evidence for conservation concern,” and has banned the export of fur, claws, skulls and other polar bear products from this area. Hunting outfitter Titus Allooloo says his company will probably lose $300,000/year from [...] A man from Olmstead, Minnesota, found a 21-day hunt on the Web and wired $6,000, which he never saw again. The site was reportedly for Beattie Lake Outfitters in Canada. The man reported that he talked to people connected to the site before sending the money. kaaltv.com Let this be a lesson: The Web can be a [...] The World Wildlife Fund and TRAFFIC, an international NGO that monitors trade of wild plants and animals, say that polar bears are not threatened by trade in their parts, calling into question the U.S. move to have polar bears designated as extremely endangered worldwide. The true threats to polar bears are greenhouse gas emissions and [...] Robert F. Kennedy, famous environmental activist, dropped a bombshell at a Waterkeeper Alliance fundraising event at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel: He said that 90% of fish in Alberta are inedible. This was apparently a surprise to the many people who eat Alberta’s fish, and to get their livelihoods from guiding anglers. Banff mayor John [...]
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