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Raincoast’s Doug Brown, photographer extraordinaire, recently took this amazing shot of a humpback whale within sight of our British Columbia central coast field station.
Raincoast Conservation Foundation and title sponsor Hemp and Company present SALMON RUN 10-10-10.
Raincoast is an Official Pledge Charity of the 31st Annual Goodlife Fitness Victoria Marathon for the second consecutive year…
Over 40 organizations from across Canada and the U.S., including Raincoast, have submitted a joint letter to the General Standards Board opposing proposed organic standards that allow antibiotic and chemical treatments of farmed fish.
A new study published in the Journal of Animal Welfare by Raincoast scientists Paul Paquet and Chris Darimont, argues that degrading or destroying habitats and other impacts of human activities on wildlife causes them to suffer. As such, animal welfare considerations granted to domestic animals need to be expanded to include wild animals. Photo: grizzly…
Animal-welfare rules that apply to animals in captivity like pets and farm animals should also apply to wildlife, says a newly published study by scientists from the Victoria-based Raincoast Conservation Foundation.
Remote cameras in the forests near Bella Bella show bears hanging out in a circle. Animal-welfare rules that apply to animals in captivity like pets and farm animals should also apply to wildlife, says a newly published study by scientists from the Victoria -based Raincoast Conservation Foundation. The peer-reviewed paper, published in the British scientific…
Paquet, P.C., and C.T. Darimont. 2010. Wildlife conservation meets animal welfare: two sides of the same coin? Animal Welfare 19: 177-190.
Last Sunday Raincoast’s Field Station manager Doug Brown took this beautiful photograph of a mother grizzly bear with her three cubs in one of the Great Bear Rainforest’s central coast watersheds.
Fall 2010 voyage into the land of the Spirit Bear From Brian Falconer, Raincoast’s Captain of Achiever Wouldn’t it feel good to know that while you’re having a great time, you’re also supporting a great cause?
Globe and Mail, July 30, 2010 Shannon Moneo As B.C. experiences a bizarre season of wildlife-human conflicts, with a rare attack by a black bear and deer being demonized for attacking people and pets, a wildlife ecologist says people need to change.
by Bryce Bocking As the boat containing my fellow Raincoast colleagues and I drew near the Koeye River, memories of the last time I was here, nearly five years ago (at age fourteen), began to return. As a first year engineering student and volunteer with Raincoast, I looked forward to the following days I’d be…
There she is… it has been a while since I have seen her. Those long muscular legs have carried her well through the past year. She is beautiful, in good health, poised with confidence and looking quite content. It is always comforting to see a familiar face after a long time.