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Nelson’s WildSafeBC coordinator steps down after grizzly bear deaths
Thomson said the decision and online backlash showed her role with the wildlife conflict group had ended after five seasons.
- On August 28, Nelson WildSafeBC Community Coordinator Lisa Thomson resigned after the B.C. Conservation Officer Service euthanized a local grizzly sow and her yearlings.
- Thomson previously helped relocate the sow and her cubs to Nelson in 2023, but noted that lack of boundaries and "killing them with kindness" contributed to their demise.
- BCCOS euthanized the sow and one yearling on August 12, another yearling on August 27, and relocated two others to Christina Lake. Thomson argued the yearling was "thriving" and called the action "lethal removal, not euthanasia."
- Thomson cited emotional stress and online harassment for her departure, stating she felt "shocked" and "disappointed" by public reaction. She questioned why people had reverted to being "nasty online" after COVID-19 times of kindness.
- Drought conditions this year reduced natural food sources like berries, forcing bears closer to human populated areas. Thomson remains concerned about the lone female yearling surviving in the wild and hopes she can "carry on her mom's legacy.
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