I moved to Western Canada from Hungary long ago to follow my childhood dream of living in the ‘Great Wild West’. I have a master’s degree in biology, a degree in education and a professional interpretive guide certificate. I also have decades of hiking experience, half of which I gained in the Rocky Mountains.
In Alberta, I worked in human-wildlife conflict management and other wildlife projects, mostly, but not exclusively, grizzly, and black bear related ones.
I have worked, as a contractor or an employee, with Alberta Environment and Parks, Alberta Fish and Wildlife, private companies, and non-profit organizations.
I have been involved in a wide variety of work such as surveys and research on natural bear attractants; grizzly bear population survey; human-wildlife conflict and wildlife mortality data work; preparing bear hazard assessments; wildlife (mostly large carnivore) conflict prevention and mitigation; predator attack (on livestock and hobby animals) investigations; monitoring locations, movements and behavior of bears as well as caribou; hazing caribou; hazing and aversive conditioning habituated grizzly and black bears; capturing and relocating problem bears; delivering related public outreach and education programs.
Although I have worked with captive wildlife as well, my guiding and interpretation build mostly on my fascination of the interconnectedness of free-living wildlife species and their natural environment.
Human-wildlife coexistence and wildlife safety education are also integral parts of my interpretation.
My desire is to contribute to the safety of both people and wildlife and cooperate with federal and provincial agencies in this never ending but highly rewarding work.
Tibor Egri
