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DESCRIPTION
This gentle, very rare sub-species
of the black bear has won my heart.
It's formal name is the Kermode bear.
He lives in the beautiful
temperate rainforest of B.C. and is
uniquely Canadian. Thanks in part, to our
Premier
the right Honorable Gordon
Campbell the Spirit Bear has become our official Provincial
animal.
At first glance you may compare the
"Spirit Bear" to an artic polar bear,
but our white bear is much smaller,
rarely exceeding 400lbs. Neither is he an Albino.
Two black bears must both carry
this particular recessive gene in order to produce a white
off-spring.
HABITAT
On Princess Royal Island,
where they have lived for thousands of years, there is a
very high concentration of these
rare white bears, probably because of the islands isolation.
.The range of habitat is from
Princess Royal Island to East Hazelton, Terrace and Prince Rupert
Island.
PROTECTION OF HABITAT
I , for one, believe that the "Raven's Decree" will guarantee the safety of the
Spirit Bear
on Princess Royal Island. The island has a 10,000 year old
forest which is
home to this very rare Canadian Kermode bear
On 4th. April 2001 the provincial
government announced the ban on logging in the entire Great Bear Rainforest. All sides have
agreed to this new plan.
This area will be protected, which includes the habitat of the
Spirit Bear
I want to help in my own way. I am donating all my profits of the
signed & numbered open edition prints
to the
SBYC
If you would like to help the spirit
bear please consider donating to the Spirit Bear Youth Coalition
" I am looking forward to the day
when I can use the profits from the sale of these prints to help
maintain and protect a Sanctuary for the
Spirit Bear on Princess Royal Island. I
hope to really make a
difference".
info
on the Kermode (Spirit) bear
my
vision for a spirit bear sanctuary
become
a guardian of the spirit bear interpretation of the LIFE CYCLE
Consider becoming a
GUARDIAN OF THE SPIRIT BEAR .
You will ensure, in
accordance with the "Ravens Decree"
that the Kermode bear will roam throughout this special
Island, in peace ,forever ,just as it has for the last
10.000yrs.
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