NDP promises to end trophy hunt for grizzly bears in B.C. if elected in May
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s New Democrats are promising to ban trophy hunting for grizzly bears in the province.
But NDP Leader John Horgan stopped short of an outright prohibition on the hunt, saying the party would look at regulations on subsistence hunting.
Doug Neasloss, chief councillor of the Kitasoo/Xai’Xais First Nation, backed Horgan’s position in a news release issued by the NDP.
He says the Coastal First Nations banned the grizzly trophy hunt in the Great Bear Rainforest four years ago.