"If that's how we're going to start making wildlife conservation policy in this province, I don't think you need we need a minister of environment anymore."

An Alberta hunting group says the behviour of Bear 148 demonstrated why the province would be smart to reinstate some form of grizzly bear hunting.

British Columbia's rural areas are well known for their trophy-hunting potential, but a new Insights West poll reports three-in-four voters in rural B.C. oppose the controversial grizzly bear hunt.