Opinion: Saving more than memories
Misty MacDuffee and Chris Genovali, Special to Vancouver Sun
Raincoast discusses the future of Canada’s endangered southern resident killer whales in the Salish Sea…
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Population Viability Analysis of Southern Resident killer whales
Expert report on the viability of the southern resident killer whale population in the face of existing and future threats within their critical habitat of the Salish Sea…
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Tired of waiting for feds, advocates take own path to protect orcas
Amy Smart / Times Colonist
A group of orca advocates is making its own plans to protect endangered killer whales, saying a federal action plan is overdue… -
Peace on Earth for killer whales?
“Peace on Earth” should extend goodwill and compassion to the non-human families and communities with whom we share this planet…
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Federal MP calls for action plan to protect killer whales
By Sarah Petrescu,Times Colonist
Raincoast backs the motion by federal MP Randall Garrison to initiate an action plan for BC’s endangered southern resident killer whales… -
Motion to implement Killer Whale Action Plan supported by Raincoast
Federal MP Randall Garrison introduced a motion to the House of Commons to protect BC’s southern resident killer whales. Raincoast is in full support…
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Navy sonar: Canadian environmental groups get legal standing in U.S. court case
By Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun
Canadian environmental groups have received legal standing in a U.S. suit that seeks to halt Navy sonar exercises that would threaten at-risk whales on the West Coast… -
Help Raincoast win a $3,000 grant from SEEtheWILD
Help Raincoast win a $3,000 grant from SEEtheWILD for our efforts to protect BC’s endangered southern resident killer whales! Find out how…
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Raincoast calls on military to respect the critical habitat of killer whales
The suspicious death of L112 warrants full disclosure by the Canadian military of sonar and other training activities that were occurring in the Juan de Fuca at the time of the whale’s death. Click for the CHEK TV story…
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Tagging plan threatens southern resident orcas
Island Tides
By Misty MacDuffee and Chris GenovaliRaincoast contends that the nominal information generated from deploying satellite tags to the fins of endangered killer whales does not justify the risk of serious injury…
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Whale tagging: got you, you’re dead!
A plan to tag endangered killer whales that ply both sides of the international border between British Columbia and the United States is being met with growing opposition in Canada…
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Government must protect orca habitat: court
Victoria Times Colonist
By Judith LavoieThe federal government is legally bound to protect killer whale critical habitat, the federal Court of Appeal ruled Thursday…
