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July 8th, 2015, 07:32 AM
#1
C.O. suspended for refusing to kill bear cubs
Ya gotta do what ya gotta do...
B.C. conservation officer Bryce Casavant has been suspended without pay for refusing to kill two black bear cubs near Port Hardy after their mother was killed for repeatedly raiding a freezer full of meat and salmon.
Despite an order to kill the cubs too, Casavant took them to a veterinary hospital. They are now at a recovery centre run by the North Island Wildlife Recovery Association in Errington, which like Port Hardy is on Vancouver Island.
Robin Campbell, the recovery centre's manager, said the conservation officer did the right thing as the cubs are not habituated to humans and can be reintroduced to the wild.
"[The mother bear] was a problem, but these cubs did nothing."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/britis...cubs-1.3141652
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July 8th, 2015 07:32 AM
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July 8th, 2015, 07:38 AM
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I'm not sure how they are going to raise the cubs in captivity without them becoming "habituated to humans".
I've got to side with the supervisor who ordered the cubs destruction.
I'd suggest the officer in question find a line of work he is better suited to.
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July 8th, 2015, 07:41 AM
#3
........repeatedly raiding a freezer full of meat and salmon.
The cubs things doesn't bother me as much as this. So was momma destroying the building to get in? How about moving things?
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July 8th, 2015, 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by
Wahoo
........repeatedly raiding a freezer full of meat and salmon.
The cubs things doesn't bother me as much as this. So was momma destroying the building to get in? How about moving things?
Are you suggesting someone move because he is having bear problems?
Should we have all of Barrhaven move the next time there is a bear there?
Once a bear knows there's food somewhere and wants to get at it, there's not much stopping it.
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July 8th, 2015, 07:54 AM
#5
Originally Posted by
werner.reiche
Are you suggesting someone move because he is having bear problems?
I said 'moving things' - meaning the freezer and food.
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July 8th, 2015, 07:57 AM
#6
Clearly this CO is not really suited to the realities of the job. Nobody likes to destroy animals but sometimes it is necessary. Veterinarians I'm sure don't "like" putting down pets but likely do it almost everyday. How these 2 cubs won't become used to humans and likely completely dependent on them makes no sense. To release these bears will be just delaying an order to destroy them as they will surely interact negatively with humans.
Last edited by terrym; July 8th, 2015 at 08:00 AM.
I’m suspicious of people who don't like dogs, but I trust a dog who doesn't like a person.
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July 8th, 2015, 08:22 AM
#7
Originally Posted by
Wahoo
I said 'moving things' - meaning the freezer and food.
To where? Most people keep their freezer/food where they live.
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July 8th, 2015, 08:36 AM
#8
They said it was a mobile home, chances are the freezer was outside under a Car Port/Lean-To etc....
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July 8th, 2015, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by
MikePal
They said it was a mobile home, chances are the freezer was outside under a Car Port/Lean-To etc....
Possibly, but the article says "repeatedly raided the freezer inside a mobile home" which led me to believe the freezer was inside the home and the bear was breaking into the home to raid the freezer. If the freezer was actually outside, then moving it would be a reasonable suggestion.
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July 8th, 2015, 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by
terrym
Clearly this CO is not really suited to the realities of the job.
You could look at it that way, or, you could say he has the balls to not be a robot by using his own discretion, even when disciplinary action is taken against him.
Robin Campbell, the recovery centre's manager, said the conservation officer did the right thing as the cubs are not habituated to humans and can be reintroduced to the wild.
"[The mother bear] was a problem, but these cubs did nothing."
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