AR-News: (EMS) European Union Decides to Suspend Imports of Grizzly Bear Hunting Trophies

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

Washington, DC, January 22, 2004; Fifteen European nations decided to suspend 
all imports of grizzly bear hunting trophies from the Canadian province of 
British Columbia (BC) amid fears for the species' survival. The Environmental 
Investigation Agency, which has strongly advocated for an import ban, and The 
Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) today applauded the decision.
The unanimous decision by the European Union (EU) member states follows the 
BC government's failure to protect its grizzly bear population despite repeated 
pledges of action. Grizzlies are listed as vulnerable or threatened 
throughout the majority of their range in Canada. Yet more than 200 bears are legally 
killed in a commercial sport hunt each year, 80% of them by US hunters. 



full story:
http://www.ems.org/rls/2004/01/23/european_union_d.html



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but because of those who look on and do nothing.",
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