GrizzlyAdams

I haven't said anything about money. No doubt those tours bring in millions of dollars every year for BC. I just asked if anyone had stats that could back up the claim that it brings in more money than 'dumb hunters.' I can't really find any recent, objective data on it but maybe someone else can (latest I could find was 2003). 

stats aren't relevant. FACT! ecotourism is thriving ,hunting bears not so much.

Lots of good reasons to hunt bears including they kill many moose, deer, caribou and elk calves which many of us rely on for our food. When you look at places like Montana where hunting grizzlies has been banned there are major troubles with aggressive bears and humans because they have lost their fear of man. The same will happen here.