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    The Price of the Prize

    2016 July 172024 July 8

    CBC follows Raincoast and three coastal First Nations to find out why they oppose BC’s grizzly hunt and what they are doing to stop it.

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  • A white bear and a black bear.
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    Raincoast to purchase Spirit Bear hunting territory

    2011 January 252024 July 8

    Last year, Raincoast began negotiations to acquire a very unique hunting territory – the primary place where spirit bears roam.  Despite a restriction on killing spirit bears, trophy hunting of black bears – that carry the recessive gene that causes the white coat – is allowed. Our purchase will help protect these rare bears and…

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  • 3 smiling trophy hunters kneel behind the dead grizzly they have killed.
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    Protecting bears by buying hunting rights

    2010 December 312024 July 8

    Raincoast now has a purchase agreement for a second commercial hunting territory in the Great Bear Rainforest, specifically in the home of the spirit bear…

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