Won't YOU STAND

BRAVEHEART

The North American Black Bear

Coffee time

Sun is Shining,

it's time to dance on some desks

I'm thinkin

and

let your voices be heard

no matter where you live.

Good morning my dear warriors!

Hope you had a sterling week-end.

That photo is of

BRAVEHEART

out there in Ely MN

and those fantastic collared and brightly

ribboned research bears need humans across the globe

to

STAND UP

to

STOMP

for them now more than ever.

And

as I always call upon the warriors here

to lend a hand when hands and hearts are needed the

most

I am asking

for help.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

(DNR)out there in Ely MN Commissioner officially refused to make a ruling to protect valuable

radio-collared research bears from being hunted.

1.The DNR asking hunters not to shoot radio-collared bears has not worked. The Wildlife Research Institute has lost 6 radio-collared research bears since 2005—including two in 2010.He (the one who makes those monumental decisions)suggested the North American Bear Center and those advocating for protection of the Black Bears seek legal protection in the legislature.

So now it is necessary to take it a step or many steps

further

time to appeal to legislature to

PROTECT THESE NORTH AMERICAN BLACK BEARS

from the upcoming hunt season.

It is remarkable to me

that the DNR would not support this need since they also lost tagged bears that they were also doing research on for generations to come!

WHAT ARE THEY THINKING?

There are more than 20,000 bears in Minnesota

but only a few that are a part of this valuable research ongoing by Dr Lynn Rogers

of

the North American Bear Center

http://www.bear.org/

Last hunt season there were volunteers ready to sign up to walk the vast forests and woods with those brightly collared bears to try and ensure their safety,

there were unfortunately

bears killed by unethical hunters

anyway.

Tensions mounted, ugliness and hateful words spewed

but none of that helped the fact that years of

research

and trust between human and bears were lost forever

more.

Fences were attempted to mended between parties

ethical hunters took a stand

and people from across the globe stood up

letters and campaigns began with letters to

those in power in Ely MN and in offices of power

asking politely with documentation

to make a stand.

PROTECT THE RADIO COLLARED

AND

BRIGHTLY RIBBONED

NORTH AMERICAN BLACK BEARS

OF

ELY MN

But yet,

the DNR has ruled against it

and

offered suggestion to take it to legislature

so

take it to legislature, to the press, to the

white house we will.

AND

warriors you can help.

Touch one, reach one

reach many.

Click here

to see how you can help http://www.bear.org/website/the-nabc/help-protect-radio-collared-bears.html

It will guide you to a petition you can sign,

give you talking points to letters you can write,

will give you addresses and emails of those to send your letters to.

All of this,

YOU can do

and

say

"I helped to take a STAND

for the North American Black Bear"

While you are on that page,

you can also find your way to the den

and see that remarkable

Lily who gave the world HOPE

and meet

cubbies Jason and Faith!

Be amazed at their sounds of humanness

and their antics in that den

as well.

Education abounds there

on what the first Americans have always revered

The North American Black Bear

their ways, their healing powers, their gentleness

that has been twisted in "Hollywood" and in myths.

They need us

to

Stand by them

We are talking a few

bears here,

not 50, not 100, not 1000.

There are plenty of Bears out there in the woods of

MN for ethical hunters who hunt bears during

hunt season, who use all they hunt

in ethical ways, thinking that maybe they could focus

on those 15-20,000 adults if they choose to hunt

and

just stay away from

these of Ely shouldn't be so hard...

Better yet,

how bout banning hunting all together around

the NABC areas

where the

North American Black Bears live

just to be sure of their safety?

We are talking about bears that are brightly colored

radio collared

bears that ethical hunters would never ever dream

of pulling the trigger on,

so I can't help but wonder

why in the world

would the commissioner of the DNR

be making this so hard

to do the right thing out there in

Ely MN.

The brain loves consistency:

So,

let's get a law passed and make the message consistent to all. And throw some hefty fines at those who do not think it serious to not pay attention.

Interestingly

Dr Lynn Rogers is a brilliant researcher and his colleague Sue Mansfield

they have showed the world the world of

The North American Black Bears

along with the town of

Ely MN.

As a result?

People have together banded and brought more money into that little town

than one can fathom over the last year

with the exposure of Facebook, of word of mouth

and with

care of the North American Black Bear.

Ely MN

and the DNR one would think would step outside of

their "comfort zone"

and tradition

to embrace change

to welcome the efforts of all

in education, research, protection of the

North American Black Bears

for generations to come,

while recognizing

that when you enlist the help

of warriors

with gentle spirit

"there is no stopping them"

STOMP

The fire is burning brightly, its embers are hot

sending thoughts on the wind to all who gather here,

and

Standing by and for

The North American Black Bear

I HOPE

you will join me,

http://www.bear.org/ 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbg7YoXiKn0

Walk In Beauty,

DRSES

http://www.drsherryeshowalter.com/

For years, the MN DNR has asked hunters not to shoot radio-collared bears but told them it is legal to do so. This mixed message puts ethical hunters at an unfair disadvantage. Too often, ethical hunters who pass up radio-collared trophies hear them shot at neighboring bait piles. Frustrated, they tell us, "If you don’t want radio-collared bears shot, make it illegal!"