They have changed the wrappers on McHuman double cheeseburgers.
This photo was taken on the North West River road [outside Goose Bay] by Tom Randell.
It reminded me of a radio phone in call yesterday on VOCM. A gentleman from Goose Bay, a retired wildlife officer, mentioned that things could get a little out of control this year due to the recent change in the way wildlife management will be conducted. It all sounded convoluted to me, some officers will be under the department of justice and others will remain with the wildlife division of the department of environment and conservation.
The bottom line: this guy claims that there will be less bodies to deal with wildlife issues like roaming bears.
Have gave an example. He was driving along outside Goose Bay and came upon a bear acting kind of weird on the road [could even be this bear]. The ex wildlife officers pulled over and was thinking about intervening when an on duty wildlife officer [who was known to the ex wildlife office] pulled up.
The ex wildlife officer said to the on duty wildlife officer, " OK it is all yours", I am retired and can now go on my way.
The on duty wildlife officer then said to the ex wildlife officer, "No way, not my responsibility anymore under the new structure, someone else will have to come out and deal with it".
Sounds like, durh! but that is what happened to the best of my recollection.
3 comments:
Brian, I love your caption on the bear-on-car pic. Looks like the driver has their brake lights on ... I'm just wondering why they stay there with a bear climbing onto the car? LOL
People stop and watch the bears on the road all the time on that area. Maybe they don't want to run them over or it is just part of the entertainment in the part of the world with limited options.
Years ago, there were two distinct sections- Wildlife Division and dept of Forestry. They were separate and each had its own mandate. The WD was responsible for all wildlife related problems and enforcement ie: bear problems, road kill, nuisance beavers, illegal hunting... etc. Some years ago, the provincial gov't (in all their wisdom) combined both entities and called all of the workers conservation officers, and fell under the Dept of Environment. This caused a rift amongst both groups as the Wildlife Officers (who were getting higher pay beforehand) felt that the forestry crowd got a raise for nothing. The government conducted a review and recently separated the two again- putting the Wildlife officers under the dept of Justice (where they rightfully should be as they enforce all wildlife related matters). Hence, the guy in uniform showing upo at the scene and washing his hands of the event- saying its not his job!! i would suspect he was one of the Forestry officers, who now has no job description to involve himself in the issues, and his union will certainly back him up. Better get used to it.
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