# Claim table — Nelson grizzly deaths / WildSafeBC resignation

| Point | What records show |
|---|---|
| WildSafeBC Nelson shared an article about Lisa Thomson resigning. | Confirmed by the visible Facebook photo/post and image transcription. The image shows WildSafeBC Nelson sharing the MyNelsonNow article preview. |
| Lisa Thomson resigned after five seasons as WildSafeBC Nelson community co-ordinator. | Reported by MyNelsonNow and Castanet; CBC describes her as the outgoing community co-ordinator and says she announced resignation after the killings. |
| A grizzly sow and two of her three yearlings were killed this month. | Reported by CBC and MyNelsonNow. One yearling with a leg injury/deformity was killed; the sow was killed Aug. 14; a relocated yearling was later killed near Christina Lake. Another yearling was relocated/monitored. |
| BCCOS killed the bears simply because people complained online. | Not established. BCCOS reporting cited food-conditioned behaviour, loss of fear of people, conflict history, age/health issues, and public-safety concerns. Online backlash is part of the resignation story, not the stated official basis for dispatching bears. |
| WildSafeBC made the enforcement/kill decisions. | Rejected by Thomson’s statements. She told MyNelsonNow “They’re enforcement. We are education,” distinguishing BCCOS enforcement from WildSafeBC education/prevention. |
| The yearling with a limp was mobile and not aggressive. | Reported by advocates/residents in CBC and Kootenay Co-op accounts. BCCOS said age, injury and conflict history made it unsuitable for rehabilitation or relocation; conflict specifics remain records-wanted. |
| Attractants such as garbage, fruit trees, compost, chickens and barbecues are central. | Supported across CBC, MyNelsonNow, WildSafeBC and B.C. prevention context. Thomson and wildlife biologist Clayton Lamb emphasize stronger attractant control before bears become food-conditioned/habituated. |
| Relocation alone fixes habituated/food-conditioned grizzlies. | Not supported. CBC quotes Lamb saying rehabilitation/relocation is very challenging once bears become habituated or food conditioned, especially when comfortable in town. |
| Nelson needs system-level changes. | Supported as Thomson’s argument, not as a completed policy finding. She calls for coordinated resident, municipal and business action, stronger bear-smart communities, funding and enforcement. |
| The public can fairly judge the killings from social posts alone. | No. A fair judgment needs BCCOS incident records, conflict-report details, veterinarian/biologist advice, relocation risk assessments, attractant-enforcement records and municipal waste/fruit-tree policy evidence. |