Dragon and the Bears

I have to admit that despite my great fondness of wildlife and nature, I find most of the efforts of the environmental groups inefficient and pointless: quite a few stunts they pull are simply counter-productive: For example, freeing lots of carnivores from Finnish fur farms only serves to unbalance the local ecosystem and to turn the public opinion in Finland against the conservationists. I really doesn’t matter how well-meaning such groups are, if all they achieve is to rally support against conservation and care of the environment.

That’s why it is so refreshing to see a real, working idea for protection of animals like this: In a show of creative and dynamic conservation, he Raincoast Conservation Society spent $1.35 million to buy out Bella Coola Guide Outfitters, which had the exclusive trophy hunting rights in the area known as the Great Bear Rainforest. They plan to of change the focus of the economy there from the trophy-hunting of large carnivores to conservation-based activities such as wildlife-viewing. The group also avoided the classic pitfall of funding their project with taxpayers money which simply causes resentment and bitterness amongst the less fortunate.

Now this idea, for once, might actually work. These guys will have some of my money.

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