Hope conservationist demands answers to why bear cub was released alone
What started as a couple of wandering bears on Sept. 20 ended with one of them dead and another abandoned in the wild, with a prominent Hope conservationist now demanding some answers to exactly how this happened.
Lydia Koot is the chair of the Hope Mountain Black Bear Committee, and she recently published an email to the provincial government regarding the decisions made about the curious bears.
The black bear and her cub walked into the Hope Pharmasave on Sunday (Sept. 20) and wandered around