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Population Viability Analysis of Southern Resident killer whales
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Population Viability Analysis of Southern Resident killer whales

June 20, 2015June 2, 2020

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
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Tired of waiting for feds, advocates take own path to protect orcas

April 5, 2015May 31, 2019

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…

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Peace on Earth for killer whales?
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Peace on Earth for killer whales?

December 27, 2014May 31, 2019

“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
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Federal MP calls for action plan to protect killer whales

October 26, 2013May 23, 2021

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…

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Motion to implement Killer Whale Action Plan supported by Raincoast
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Motion to implement Killer Whale Action Plan supported by Raincoast

October 26, 2013May 23, 2021

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
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Navy sonar: Canadian environmental groups get legal standing in U.S. court case

January 31, 2013May 23, 2021

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…

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Help Raincoast win a $3,000 grant from SEEtheWILD
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Help Raincoast win a $3,000 grant from SEEtheWILD

March 28, 2012May 23, 2021

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
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Raincoast calls on military to respect the critical habitat of killer whales

March 22, 2012May 23, 2021

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
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Tagging plan threatens southern resident orcas

February 24, 2012May 23, 2021

Island Tides
By Misty MacDuffee and Chris Genovali

Raincoast 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!
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Whale tagging: got you, you’re dead!

February 11, 2012December 10, 2021

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
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Government must protect orca habitat: court

February 10, 2012May 23, 2021

Victoria Times Colonist
By Judith Lavoie

The federal government is legally bound to protect killer whale critical habitat, the federal Court of Appeal ruled Thursday…

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Appeal court affirms protection for killer whales
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Appeal court affirms protection for killer whales

February 9, 2012May 23, 2021

Today’s decision from the Court of Appeal upheld an earlier ruling that the critical habitat of killer whales, including their salmon food supply must be legally protected by the federal government…

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