Back to the Kitlope
While Kitlope is protected from logging, and the current ban protects grizzly bears from hunting, there remains unfinished business in the Kitlope. Until now, commercial guides have been bringing trophy hunters into this place…
Chris Genovali and Terry Moore on trophy hunting and the changing paradigm of “wildlife as commodity”
This summer Raincoast executive director Chris Genovali spoke with Terry Moore to discuss the problems with trophy hunting in BC and globally. We learned last week that Terry Moore passed away. Our sincere condolences to Terry’s family and to his colleagues at CFAX. We have deep respect for his body of work as a journalist…
On our way to securing the Nadeea tenure
We launched the campaign to raise $500,000 to purchase the Nadeea commercial hunting tenure the end of November. Now on behalf of Raincoast and our Coastal First Nations partners, I’m happy to report significant progress…
Raincoast executive director joins CBC’s BC Almanac to talk about the new grizzly bear hunting ban policy announcement
Last week Chris Genovali joined CBC’s BC Almanac to talk about the NDP announcement to ban grizzly bear hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest. BC Almanac also interviewed Andrew Weaver and Jesse Zeeman of the BC Wildlife Federation about the proposed…
Notes from the Great Bear
Ross Dixon writes about his experience joining Raincoast’s fall “grizzly hunt” and his wildlife excursion in the Great Bear Rainforest…
B.C. grizzly bear hunt to include Great Bear Rainforest
B.C.’s spring grizzly bear hunt has opened for another year, with the government authorizing a limited number of bears to be killed in parts of the province – including the Great Bear Rainforest.
Wolf hunting in Peace Region could have no limits, province proposes
Radio West/CBC News
B.C.’s Ministry of Forestry, Lands and Natural Resource Operations wants to remove limits how many wolves hunters can kill in the Peace Region and when…
Decade-long increase in hunting licences for grizzlies & black bears
Travis Lupick / Georgia Straight
This season, more bear hunters are expected to take to the province’s forests than in any year in recent memory…
Justifying the trophy hunting of grizzlies
CFAX 1070 talks to Raincoast and the trophy hunters in a one hour feature on the grizzly hunt…
Ecogroups hope to oust bear-hunting guides from rainforest
Mark Hume, Globe and Mail
Environmental group hopes to raise money needed to buyout hunting licenses in the Great Bear Rainforest…
Raincoast secures ‘Spirit Bear’ trophy hunting territory
On the heels of coastal First Nations’ declaration opposing the grizzly and black bear hunts, Raincoast has purchased the commercial hunting rights to a large portion of the Great Bear Rainforest
Concern over sled dogs should include all animals
As long as trophy hunts still exist, the province’s stance is hypocritical
By Chris Genovali, Times Colonist
The outrage over the killing of 100 sled dogs in Whistler is an important sign a significant number of people are still in touch with a clear sense of right and wrong…