Task
- Option One: Reflect on this story and ask yourself how you think, as a citizen, you can help address this issue?
- Option Two: Write a thank-you note to someone who is working to address one aspect of the issue showcased in this story. Tell them why you're grateful for their efforts.
Define
- Wildlife Manager
- Civil Servant
- Carbon Tax
- Riding (politics)
- Scientific Inquiry
- Wildlife Sanctuary
- Habituation
- Scarcity Mindset
- Abundance Mindset
- Compassionate Conservation
- Buffer Zone
- Nature Needs Half
- Voting Bloc
What do you think?
- What have you learned from this story?
- After completing this story, what's your final verdict? Does one individual matter?
- How do we safeguard biodiversity, while also growing our economy and preserving cultural rights?
- How can science help address this issue?
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- Episode 1: A perfect neighbour
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- Episode 4: Invisible borders
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- Episode 2: Outcry
- Bear 148 Appreciation Group
- Banff's Bear 148 tries beary hard to live and let live, but future uncertain
- Clueless animal lovers petition to save aggressive grizzly bear
- 'We want this bear alive': Thousands rally to save grizzly that's chased humans
- Banff residents petition Alberta, federal governments to ‘Save Bear 148’
- Destruction of Bear 148 'remains on the table' as problem grizzly again spotted near Canmore
- Episode 5: Why did the grizzly cross the road?
- Bear 148 moved 500 km north of Canmore after week of ‘daily’ human encounters
- Alberta moves problem grizzly bear from outside Banff area to remote park
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- Translocation Troubles: New Study Shows Risks of Moving Grizzlies
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- Another grizzly struck and killed on Highway
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- Poor animal welfare a root cause of climate and biodiversity threats
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