Cecil the lion and compassionate conservation
Chris Genovali and Paul Paquet/Vancouver Sun
The senseless killing of Cecil the lion has catalyzed a worldwide discussion about the gratuitous trophy hunting of large carnivores…
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Heading north to the Great Bear Rainforest
From grizzlies and humpbacks to young Raincoasters and nudibranchs, follow the annual northward transit of Raincoast’s research vessel Achiever from Nanaimo to Bella Bella…
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Notes from the Field – Spring in the Great Bear Rainforest
Spring is a special time for our research crews. Across the lands and waters of the Great Bear Rainforest bears are emerging from dens …
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A trophy hunt by any other name
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… -
Artist to donate thousands via Jimmy Wright original painting
Interested in helping Raincoast stop the grizzly bear trophy hunt? Interested in getting a quintessential painting by Jimmy Wright? Read on to discover how you can do both…
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Celebrate International Bear Day April 4th
Join Raincoast Conservation Foundation, the North Shore Black Bear Society, Artists for Conservation, and Capilano University faculty & students as we launch the world’s first International Bear Day…
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Decade-long increase in hunting licences for grizzlies & black bears
Travis Lupick / Georgia Straight
This season, more bear hunters are expected to take to the province’s forests than in any year in recent memory… -
Comment: Green MLA’s grizzly bill poorly thought out
Raincoast takes issue with MLA Andrew Weaver’s re-labelling BC’s grizzly trophy hunt as a food hunt…
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Opinion: Bullets all feel the same to the bears
Brian Falconer & Chris Genovali/Vancouver Sun
The recent controversy surrounding the tug of war between the B.C. Wildlife Federation and the Guide Outfitters Association of B.C. over the allocation of wildlife is a lurid sideshow… -
Justifying the trophy hunting of grizzlies
CFAX 1070 talks to Raincoast and the trophy hunters in a one hour feature on the grizzly hunt…
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MacLeans covers the trophy hunting of BC grizzly bears
Magazine speaks with three Raincoast leaders about the BC grizzly hunt and the province’s determination to kill bears…
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Can grizzly bear watchers end B.C.’s trophy hunt?
The Georgia Strait interviews Raincoast scientists on the science and politics behind the grizzly hunt
