In a message dated 11/26/1999 1:10:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Subj: Starving grizzlies killed in Canada Date: 11/26/1999 1:10:28 PM Eastern Standard Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jimmy Boy Dial) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (A - JIMMY BOY DIAL - HOME) VANCOUVER (AP) - Rangers and villagers killed nine grizzly bears on Canada's western coast, after large numbers of the animals began foraging in town when their traditional supply of salmon dried up, officials said Wednesday. A mother bear and two cubs were killed Wednesday in the most recent shootings and three other bears were airlifted out of the region. Residents of Oweekeno village on the central British Columbia coast say they have never seen so many bears in town, said Tom Gottselig, the fisheries administrator for the Oweekeno First Nation, an Indian group. He blamed the lack of salmon, which make up 70% of the bears' diet. The area, also known as Rivers Inlet, has recorded more than 3 million sockeye salmon returning to spawn in past years, Gottselig said. This year's figure was expected to be 3,500, he said. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562246939-538 >> Don't worry; be happy. The stock market is doing just fine. Prudy
VANCOUVER (AP) - Rangers and villagers killed nine grizzly bears on Canada's western coast, after large numbers of the animals began foraging in town when their traditional supply of salmon dried up, officials said Wednesday. A mother bear and two cubs were killed Wednesday in the most recent shootings and three other bears were airlifted out of the region. Residents of Oweekeno village on the central British Columbia coast say they have never seen so many bears in town, said Tom Gottselig, the fisheries administrator for the Oweekeno First Nation, an Indian group. He blamed the lack of salmon, which make up 70% of the bears' diet. The area, also known as Rivers Inlet, has recorded more than 3 million sockeye salmon returning to spawn in past years, Gottselig said. This year's figure was expected to be 3,500, he said. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562246939-538 --
