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Trophy hunting: Science on its own can’t dictate policy

  1. Chris Darimont

    1. Chris Darimont is at the Raincoast Conservation Foundation, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

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A ban on the controversial trophy hunting of grizzly bears (Ursus arctos; pictured) in British Columbia, Canada, comes into force on 30 November. The province’s new government considers the practice to be no longer sustainable — socially, economically or culturally. We are pleased to see an end to the co-opting of science to justify questionable policies.

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Nature 551, 565 (2017)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-017-07553-6

C.D. writes on behalf of 4 correspondents (see Supplementary Information for a full list).

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