• The campaign to stop grizzly bear hunting is being lead by the Environmental Investigation Agency out of London, England, which has links to the Washington, DC-based U.S. Humane Society.

• Public consultation processes have developed grizzly bear management plans for 2/3 of the province where land use plans (LRMP and CORE) have been completed. The moratorium overrides these public consultation processes

• The recently released Parks Legacy Report reconfirmed hunting as a legitimate activity in most provincial protected areas.

• Resident and non-resident hunting is worth over $200 million annually to the BC economy.

• Surcharges on hunting and fishing licenses have provided $57 million over 20 years toward not only grizzly bear research and management but also most other research on wildlife and fish in the province including truly endangered species.

• Foreign-based animal rights organizations and anti-hunting groups do not contribute revenues to wildlife research and management, nor do they provide employment for rural communities.

• First Nations hunting rights cannot be reduced if there is not a conservation concern. In this case, there is not a legitimate conservation concern but political opportunism to "win the urban vote".