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  • A sow and her cubs munch on grass at Grassy Point
    Conservation updates

    Where the salmon-loving bears roam

    2017 June 162024 July 8

    After years of field work and collaboration, and months in the Raincoast lab, we’re very excited to share some insights from a new study, due for publication soon, that reveals habitat hotspots for grizzly bears across BC…

    Read More Where the salmon-loving bears roamContinue

  • In the media

    BC Liberals publish campaign promise to “work towards” eliminating grizzly hunting in GBR

    2017 April 112024 October 8

    It appears that the BC Liberals have agreed to eliminate trophy hunting of coastal grizzlies. It’s a welcome development to have both parties supporting the call to end the grizzly hunt in the Great Bear Rainforest…

    Read More BC Liberals publish campaign promise to “work towards” eliminating grizzly hunting in GBRContinue

  • A bear sits in the water: Join us for a screening of the award winning film, Trophy
    Events

    Join us for a screening of the award winning film, Trophy

    2017 April 112024 October 23

    Join us for a screening of Trophy and an ensuing discussion about the bears and grizzlies that are killed worldwide and in British Columbia for their heads, paws and hides…

    Read More Join us for a screening of the award winning film, TrophyContinue

  • Raincoast vessel Achiever shares the water with a bear and countless other animals.
    Notes from the field

    The spring ‘hunt’

    2017 March 192024 October 8

    Preparing for another season, Nick finds himself inundated with tasks, plans and thoughts about the research and advocacy that Raincoast undertakes to protect bears and the coast they inhabit…

    Read More The spring ‘hunt’Continue

  • A family of wolves on a rocky outcropping.
    Raincoast updates

    Purchasing Commercial Hunting Territories

    2016 October 302024 October 8

    IMAGINE if your conservation investment could go directly to protecting the lives of wild animals, now and forever. End the trophy hunt by helping us purchase commercial hunting licenses. Threats to bears and wolves For tomorrow’s children to see wild bears and wolves in coastal British Columbia, bold new conservation efforts are required. Coastal bears face…

    Read More Purchasing Commercial Hunting TerritoriesContinue

  • A humpback jumps into the air in the Pacific ocean.
    Investigate and inform

    Supreme Court of Canada asked to weigh-in on future of Environmental Assessment Law

    2016 September 222024 October 8

    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…

    Read More Supreme Court of Canada asked to weigh-in on future of Environmental Assessment LawContinue

  • Help Raincoast end the trophy hunt
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    Stopping the grizzly hunt

    2016 July 152024 October 8

    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…

    Read More Stopping the grizzly huntContinue

  • 3 smiling trophy hunters kneel behind the dead grizzly they have killed.
    Investigate and inform

    Bear hunt has not ended in the Great Bear Rainforest

    2016 February 162024 October 8

    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.

    Read More Bear hunt has not ended in the Great Bear RainforestContinue

  • A grizzly stands in the forest as beams of sunlight cascade around him
    In the media | Investigate and inform

    A trophy hunt by any other name

    2015 March 312024 October 8

    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…

    Read More A trophy hunt by any other nameContinue

  • two wolves running on snow
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    Your voices against the wolf cull

    2015 January 242025 December 15

    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…

    Read More Your voices against the wolf cullContinue

  • A grizzly bear with a fish in its mouth.
    In the media

    MacLeans covers the trophy hunting of BC grizzly bears

    2014 October 282024 October 8

    Magazine speaks with three Raincoast leaders about the BC grizzly hunt and the province’s determination to kill bears…

    Read More MacLeans covers the trophy hunting of BC grizzly bearsContinue

  • A grizzly bear lying on his back
    In the media

    Can grizzly bear watchers end B.C.’s trophy hunt?

    2014 August 142024 October 8

    The Georgia Strait interviews Raincoast scientists on the science and politics behind the grizzly hunt

    Read More Can grizzly bear watchers end B.C.’s trophy hunt?Continue

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