Update from the MNR regarding the bear

Update on the bear from the MNR. This particular bear wore tracking tags in its ears, which means it has been moved by the MNR before. They confirmed that the police or anyone really only needed to call them and they would have moved the bear again. This is just too sad on so many levels. I agree with the commentor about the potential for mauling of a child, that risk is always there, as it is with dogs, etc. But it's the treatment of the bear following the shooting, the suffering, the secrecy etc that is truly upsetting. There are two elders in this community who have both expressed their saddness, concern and disappointment about this. There is a bear who was found struck by a vehicle in Wooodstock New Brunswick that the water walkers just found. They are doing ceremony for that bear in that community at present. Where are our ceremony makers at a time like this? Oh another thing the MNR did tell us was that the police report on the bear shooting is public record that we have the right to see it. The police board is meeting this evening by the looks of things, and I did request the police report be made public in my email to chief and council on the weekend. I got very minimal response and no one took me up on my request and offer that someone from council come to my house and visit me over the weekend to give me the facts as they have to come to know them about the bear shooting incident.

Shawna