The British Columbia government has taken down a controversial job ad asking members of the public if they want to "tranquilize a grizzly bear," and get paid to "be up close and personal" with the iconic creatures.
British Columbians love nature, but that draw to be in the wilderness is part of the reason the province has seen thousands of conflicts between humans and wild animals this year.
British Columbia's new government announced Thursday that it will take action to ban the grizzly trophy hunt by Nov. 30, and ban all grizzly hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest.
Despite the landmark conservation agreement announced in B.C. today, grizzly bears are still at risk in the southern parts of the Great Bear Rainforest.