Supreme Court of Canada asked to weigh-in on future of Environmental Assessment Law
Ecojustice lawyers, acting on behalf of Raincoast, have filed an application to appeal aspects of the Northern Gateway decision to the Supreme Court of Canada…
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Stopping the grizzly hunt
Help us end the trophy killing of large carnivores in the Great Bear Rainforest – now and forever. Every year in BC a staggering number of bears, wolves, and other large carnivores are killed by hunters for trophies on their walls and floors. For two decades we have worked to end this senseless slaughter. In…
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Bear hunt has not ended in the Great Bear Rainforest
For those of you celebrating the announcement declaring “the end of commercial trophy hunting” in the Great Bear Rainforest, you can put away the champagne.
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A trophy hunt by any other name
Chris Genovali and Brian Falconer/ Huffington Post
Andrew Weaver’s private member’s bill gives trophy hunters cover by renaming their blood sport as a food hunt… -
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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MacLeans covers the trophy hunting of BC grizzly bears
Magazine speaks with three Raincoast leaders about the BC grizzly hunt and the province’s determination to kill bears…
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Can grizzly bear watchers end B.C.’s trophy hunt?
The Georgia Strait interviews Raincoast scientists on the science and politics behind the grizzly hunt
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It makes more economic sense to shoot grizzlies with cameras than guns
Chris Genovali / Huffington Post
Contrary to Minister Yamamoto’s assertions, there is no ecological, ethical, or economic justification for continuing to trophy kill B.C.’s grizzly bears… -
Grizzly bears more useful alive than dead
Chris Genovali / Times Colonist
One can only conclude the minister of tourism was poorly briefed with regard to the grizzly hunt after reading about her recent speech on Saltspring… -
Tourism minister’s grizzly comments baffling
Chris Genovali / Gulf Islands Driftwood
Our analysis showed that in the long term, it makes more economic sense to shoot grizzly bears with cameras than to shoot them with guns… -
The economics and ethics of trophy hunting
Judith Lavoie / Focus Magazine
Instead of boosting the profitable bear viewing sector, the BC government is re-opening the grizzly hunt in three areas of the province… -
Economic study shows coastal bears worth far more alive than dead
A new economic study released today shows once again that grizzly bear viewing is worth far more to the provincial economy than the trophy hunting of these iconic animals on the coast of BC…
