FILE PHOTO - Black bear cubs Athena and Jordan look on from their enclosure at the North Island Wildlife Recovery Association in Errington, B.C., on July 8, 2015. Conservation Officer Bryce Casavant won the hearts of animal lovers when he opted not to shoot the baby bears in July after their mother was destroyed for repeatedly raiding homes near Port Hardy, B.C.
Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito March 03, 2021 - 6:00 PM A B.C. conservation officer who made international headlines in 2015 when he was fired for refusing to euthanize two bear cubs and later won his case at the province s highest court has launched more legal action after the province refused to allow him to return to work.
Zoë Ducklow, Local Journalism Initiative
Black bear cubs Athena and Jordan look on from their enclosure at the North Island Wildlife Recovery Association in Errington, B.C., on July 8, 2015. Conservation Officer Bryce Casavant won the hearts of animal lovers when he opted not to shoot the baby bears in July after their mother was destroyed for repeatedly raiding homes near Port Hardy, B.C.
Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito March 03, 2021 - 1:21 PM A conservation officer who gained national attention after losing his job for refusing to kill two orphan cubs in Port Hardy in 2015 has filed a petition to get his job back.
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not review a lower-court ruling that was a victory for a conservation officer who refused to euthanize two bear cu