Stop the plastic = stop the hunt

Disposable plastic water bottles are not good for the environment. They require petroleum to produce, create greenhouse gases in transport and need to be recycled or landfilled after consumption. They're especially evil if you consider that the water is often no healthier than regular tap water. So we at Be Wild in BC are congratulating Knight Inlet Lodge for cutting individual plastic water bottles from its service. Of course the grizzly bear viewing lodge on the B.C. coast, east of Campbell River,  isn't leaving its clients dry.

"While no guest will ever go without water on one of tours we are encouraging guests to either bring a bottle with them or to purchase ($7.50 Cdn.) one of our metal Knight Inlet Lodge bottles," says Phil Bergman, the operations manager. One hundred percent of the funds raised by the sale of these bottles will go towards Stop the Hunt, Knight Inlet's campaign to end grizzly bear hunting in British Columbia. Every year the bear viewing operation buys the grizzly bear tag from the local hunting guide outfitter to ensure no bears in their bear viewing tenure are shot. To date it has cost the lodge, its staff and guests more than $100,000.

Knight Inlet has also recently launched a new blog. Here's what Phil says about it in the lodge's latest newsletter:

Knight Inlet Lodge is pleased to announce the launch of our blog site - www.knightinletlodge.com - it's intended to be a way for our guests, past and future, to keep up to date on the goings on at the lodge and with our company. We are encouraging guests to post comments and photos of their visit. We also encourage everyone to use it as a forum to communicate with each other regarding the ongoing struggle to “Stop the Hunt” of grizzly bears in British Columbia.