British Columbia bear feeder fined $60,000 VANCOUVER, B.C.; VANCOUVER, Washington––Three hundred miles apart, in different nations, the two west coast Vancouver areas recently witnessed remarkably similar court cases over back yard bear-feeding, with comparably sad results for the bears, but strikingly different outcomes for the convicted feeders. The British Columbia Provincial Court for North […]
Baylor University mascot bears benefit from SHARK campaign 18 years later
Longterm payoff bears recognition WACO, Texas––A Showing Animals Respect & Kindness campaign targeting Baylor University back in 2002-2003 continued to pay off eighteen years later when the Baylor mascot bear enclosure, built in 2005 in response to the SHARK campaign, in May 2021 won Association of Zoos & Aquariums accreditation, “a first for a […]
Tips bring two bear poaching busts in two days
Help Asheville Bears celebrates $10,000 payout to anonymous tipster BELINGTON, West Virginia––Bear poaching busts on January 5, 2021 in Grady County, Georgia and the following day in Belington, West Virginia, suggest that campaigns offering rewards for tips leading to the arrest and conviction of suspects are paying off. Information about the January 5, 2021 arrest […]