Eduardo Goncalves of the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting said: “The conservation status of a fun-hunted species is irrelevant – trophy hunting is wrong, pure and simple. And if black bears aren’t endangered now, they soon will be if trophy hunting continues. Mr Goncalves added: “Thanks to the huge numbers of black bears hunted every year, Canada is actually the global capital of the trophy hunting industry. “CITES records show that almost 5,000 galls and gall bladders were traded under the guise of bear trophies in recent years. “Most were from black bears, but some were from brown and even polar bears.

Source: Daily Mirror January 17, 2020 20:56 UTC