bad news - (bears145)(wolves296)

In 2011, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development says Fish and Wildlife conservation officers killed 145 bears and 68 were in the Fort McMurray bitumen sands region - habituated to food and garbage.

sustainable... conservation... conservation... sustainable...

Alrighty. That's 3x more than 2010 and the "highest in recent history." Moreover, no individual or company was charged for "lax garbage management," even after the Conklin dump incident in '09. source

Wolves in Idaho, not good either. Read more: savewolves.org

gory update on bears

See: gud year 4bearies (Sept 29) 4sum strange, primitive, so-called wildlife management, or so it seams.

Compare:

http://www.canmore.ca/About-Canmore/Wildlife/

The Bow Valley WildSmart program is a proactive conservation strategy that encourages efforts by communities to reduce negative human - wildlife interactions.

of oil camps, mice, gestapo

BONS MOTS: Words with the pictures describe slimy food, stinky bathrooms and staff that look the other way. ("Oilfied company defends firing over blog," Oct 11, 2010):

Electrician Mike Thomas said he was canned Thursday by his contractor on Suncor Energy's orders.

And, another camp attendant says,

Shots she took of a non-Suncor camp show dead mice laying on the floor and a bath mat's worth of hair scooped out of a shower stall. "It's not just Suncor that's like this. It's absolutely everywhere. Ninety per cent of camps I go to are absolutely disgusting," she said.

The Universe According To Mike, here.

gud year 4bearies

Alberta oil camp invaded by bears:

http://www.calgarysun.com/2011/09/15/alberta-oil-camp-invaded-by-bears

Update1: Bears shot after invading camp.

Update2: 4 bears killed at oil camp: "Workers at a northern Alberta oil site are outraged after a wildlife officer shot and killed a mother black bear and her three cubs for entering their camp's living area. They claim camp managers are negligent for allowing garbage and food to be stored outside and refusing to build a fence around the compound." Daily Herald-Tribune, Grande Prairie

Youtube: Aramark camp bear shootings, Aramark camp bear shootings pt2

A mom and her 3 cubs were destroyed at an Aramark camp just outside Conklin, Alberta. The camp does not have a fence around the camp and didn't store their garbage properly. The camp workers let the bears come and go and didn't notify the wildlife people about the problem until it was too late! This is wrong and this "American Company" should pay for what is happening out here. These poor bears did not deserve this at all!

Note: Suncor shareholders own 60 per cent of the merged company. (Petro-Canada)