“Get Bear Smart Society” i Canada kritiserer Svalbard turister

The Get Bear Smart Society’s goal is to minimize the number of bears killed as a result of human-caused problems. We accomplish this by helping the public prevent conflict at their homes, work and play; championing policymakers to create Bear Smart communities; and encouraging police and bear managers to choose non-lethal bear management practices.

Les hele saken her

Nedenfor er teksten som handler om Svalbard i artikkelen:

Walking with polar bears – a dangerous trend

Around the same time, another friend and colleague asked me my opinion on the various doings of the guides in the video here:.

Not least the images and text bragging about being able to walk on foot up to within 50 meters on polar bears had caught his attention, and they certainly caught mine as well. These scenes are from Svalbard. We see an armed guide, with a rifle over his shoulder and a group of tourists on tow, sneaking up across fjord ice towards a polar bear family at a kill. Later he is sitting on the ice with the rifle laid out in front of him, the photographers spread out alongside him.