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  • The Kitlope as seen from the air.
    Conservation updates

    Two weeks left for the Kitlope

    2019 July 162024 July 8

    We now have just two weeks to raise the remaining $15,000 of the $100,000 deposit we need to secure the purchase agreement for our 5th hunting tenure. This includes the commercial hunting rights in an area of over 5000 sq. km that encompasses the entire Kitlope…

    Read More Two weeks left for the KitlopeContinue

  • Achiever rests on the waters of the Great Bear Rainforest at sunset.
    Notes from the field

    Join us in the Great Bear Rainforest in 2019

    2019 February 52024 October 8

    We watch as her three little cubs slowly take to the high water and make their way to mom. They graze on roots, and search for salmon carcasses that simply aren’t there. The cub’s curiosity…

    Read More Join us in the Great Bear Rainforest in 2019Continue

  • A black bear sits down in the river bank and sticks out it's tongue: Terry Moore and Chris Genovali.
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    Chris Genovali and Terry Moore on trophy hunting and the changing paradigm of “wildlife as commodity”

    2018 October 12024 July 8

    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…

    Read More Chris Genovali and Terry Moore on trophy hunting and the changing paradigm of “wildlife as commodity”Continue

  • A bear stands in the distant grass and fog to get a better look or maybe smell.
    Investigate and inform

    On the hunt for science in ‘science-based’ hunts

    2018 May 142024 July 8

    For years, British Columbia’s wildlife management practices, especially its wolf cull and grizzly bear hunt, have been controversial. In 2015, then-Premier Christy Clark defended the province’s wildlife policies, stating they were grounded in sound science. That, at least, was the claim. And not one unique to British Columbia. In fact, hunting in Canada and the…

    Read More On the hunt for science in ‘science-based’ huntsContinue

  • A black bear meanders over the rocks and streams in the Great Bear Rainforest.
    Conservation updates

    Getting closer to safeguarding coastal carnivores

    2018 March 132024 July 8

    Recently, we unveiled our Safeguarding Coastal Carnivores campaign to refresh our Save the Great Bears campaign. The new name reflects the fact that our work to end of commercial trophy hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest also safeguards wolves, cougars, wolverines and black bears…

    Read More Getting closer to safeguarding coastal carnivoresContinue

  • A black bear stands with her Spirit bear cub
    Raincoast updates

    Save the great bears

    2017 May 252024 July 8

    Help us bring a permanent end to commercial trophy hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest Working with our Coastal First Nations partners, our goal is to acquire all remaining commercial hunting tenures in the Great Bear Rainforest. You can help us extinguish guided hunting. Donate to Save the Great Bears Your donation will help us…

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