BC Conservation Service

• Anglers catch tickets, fines on North Okanagan lakes

  The cost of an annual angling license in B.C. is $36 and the fine for failing to produce a valid angling licence is $115. 

  Education

  May 23
  
• Bear compensation, spooky siestas, pink collars among wackiest B.C. Conservation office calls

  On a Top 10 list posted to their social media the B.C. Conservation Officer Service lays out its most unusual calls from 2021. It seems some people have very active imaginations.

  News

  Jan 3
  
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• ‘They killed them all’: British Columbia chicken coop raided by black bears

  Mongeau says bear activity in the neighbourhood started ramping up around two weeks ago. 

  Canada

  May 19, 2021
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• Conservation officers kill two cougars after woman attacked near Agassiz, B.C.

  The Conservation Officer Service said the woman suffered serious injuries in the attack, which took place at her remote property in the Harrison Mills area.

  Canada

  May 4, 2021
• Cougar euthanized in Port Moody following numerous attacks, sightings

  The B.C. Conservation Officer Service said from April 1, 2020 to the present, they have received 82 reports of cougars in the Anmore, Belcarra and Port Moody areas.

  Environment

  Mar 16, 2021
• B.C. black bear killed after residents admit they left food out so they could take videos

  The North Shore Black Bear Society says humans are to blame.

  Canada

  Aug 9, 2020
• Video shows B.C. conservation officers freeing coyote with jar on its head

  Officers came across the animal in Maple Ridge on Tuesday and saw it had a glass jar stuck on its head.

  Environment

  Aug 5, 2020
• Six garbage-habituated bears killed on Thanksgiving weekend near West Kelowna

  The B.C. Conservation Service said the bear killings were preventable had the business better managed its garbage.

  Canada

  Oct 17, 2019
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• Bear warning issued for Coquitlam park, residents told to leave hot food at home

  The City of Coquitlam has put restrictions on food inside Mundy Park after multiple sightings of a bear and her two cubs.

  Jul 12, 2019
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• Two ‘aggressive’ black bears killed in North Vancouver over Canada Day weekend

  Conservation Officer Lonnie Schoenthal said no matter how many times he tried to scare it away from people, the bear was not afraid

  Jul 8, 2019