Oil Spill
An oil spill will spread and kill the marine life and the other animals like the spirit bears, eagles, wolves and the black bears. All of those animals eat the salmon and other fish that will be poisoned by the oil spill and the people will also die because they eat the salmon in the great bear rainforest.
Trophy Hunting of Grizzly Bears
Trophy hunting of Grizzly Bears still occurs in the Great Bear Rainforest, including some areas where commercial bear viewing is being conducted. Personal views of hunting for trophies aside, there is an obvious and unacceptable ethical dilemma in hunting a bear that has been viewed by bear viewers and has developed the trust you will see in some of the bears we regularly view. As bear viewers we must accept responsibility for the trust these bears have placed in humans and work to assure their safety. The bear viewing industry has grown over the last few decades to the point where it is economically much larger that bear hunting industry on the coast. Additionally a recent public opinion survey of BC residents showed 78% oppose trophy hunting of bears. Yet the bear hunt goes on sanctioned by the British Columbia government.
Marine Life
The Great Bear Rainforest on British Columbia’s north-west coast is one of the few remaining places where a wild land meets a wild ocean: a marine biodiversity hotspot that is home to many unique species.
But coastlines are magnets for development; wilderness is constantly pushed further and further into remote areas of the interior. Now this wonderful natural realm may be at risk: a proposed oil pipeline across the rainforest raises the prospect of tanker traffic in these waters and the environmental threats that could bring.
But coastlines are magnets for development; wilderness is constantly pushed further and further into remote areas of the interior. Now this wonderful natural realm may be at risk: a proposed oil pipeline across the rainforest raises the prospect of tanker traffic in these waters and the environmental threats that could bring.