In May/June in the Khuteymateen it is mating season. These 2 sub-adult grizzly bears were trying to mate. This photo was taken after hours of watching these two play fighting and then attempting to mate. It turned out they were too young but the show of affection was so obvious.
On December 18th the British Columbia government put an end to trophy hunting in this province. A step in the right direction. Congratulations to all the people who had to work so hard to get the government to see how necessary it was to stop 'trophy hunting'. Killing animals purely for the 'thrill; is barbaric and wasteful and can't be justified on economic or conservation grounds. Not to mention trophy hunters have to pay large amounts of dollars and come to our country to kill our grizzlies because the species is protected or dwindled to a handful in their home country.