Comment: Green MLA’s grizzly bill poorly thought out
Raincoast takes issue with MLA Andrew Weaver’s re-labelling BC’s grizzly trophy hunt as a food hunt…
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Opinion: Bullets all feel the same to the bears
Brian Falconer & Chris Genovali/Vancouver Sun
The recent controversy surrounding the tug of war between the B.C. Wildlife Federation and the Guide Outfitters Association of B.C. over the allocation of wildlife is a lurid sideshow… -
Wolf murder Canadian style continues as if it’s conservation
Marc Bekoff/Psychology Today
An earlier murder escapade in Alberta didn’t work and there’s no reason to assume this one will… -
Island cougars on losing end of interactions with humans
Katherine Dedyna / Times Colonist
Wildlife might be close to the hearts of B.C. residents in theory, but in real life, it’s rare for cougars who come into contact with humans to survive the encounter… -
Your voices against the wolf cull
Read some of the letters written to Minister Steve Thomson, Premier Christy Clark and BC MLAs, in opposition to the government’s wolf cull. Send us yours…
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BC hunting wolves by helicopter to save endangered caribou
James Keller/The Canadian Press
Government-contracted hunters were in helicopters over two regions of BC on Thursday as the province launched a controversial wolf culling program in an attempt to save endangered caribou… -
BC government slaughtering wolves
BC government kills wolves as scapegoats for caribou decline…
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Stop the slaughter of wolves in Alberta and BC
Chris Genovali/The Huffington Post
Instead of addressing the root cause of caribou decline -habitat loss,- the BC and Alberta governments are slaughtering hundreds of wolves… -
Justifying the trophy hunting of grizzlies
CFAX 1070 talks to Raincoast and the trophy hunters in a one hour feature on the grizzly hunt…
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Will there be peace on Earth for killer whales?
Chris Genovali, Times Colonist
‘Peace on Earth’ should extend goodwill and compassion to the non-human families and communities with whom we share this planet… -
Canada failing to protect habitat of imperilled species
Judith Lavoie / Desmog Canada
Official recognition that a Canadian species is in trouble is no guarantee that the slide towards extinction can be slowed or halted, a new study has found… -
New study shows hunted wolves under stress
Listen to Raincoast’s Dr. Chris Darimont discuss our study on the stress that hunting causes to wolves…
