Here we see a female grizzly bear, one that I’ve seen several times, both with and without cubs (see The Sweeties), taking a pause and looking up from fishing on Mouse Creek in the Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary here on the BC coast. In the past Mouse Creek had been an excellent fishing hole for a couple of bears – being one of the first shallow spots on the whole Khutzeymateen inlet to have a small, but important salmon run during the fall season. But over the last few years the numbers of pink salmon returning to the creek have dwindled to just about nothing. The shortage and disappearance of the salmon that came from this creek has of course forced the bears to move on and find new favourite fishing spots, which can also place them in greater danger until they find a safe haven in which to catch their salmon once again.
