A new economic study released today shows once again that grizzly bear viewing is worth far more to the provincial economy than the trophy hunting of these iconic animals on the coast of BC…
By Wendy Stueck, The Globe and Mail
The B.C. government is proposing to open up grizzly hunting next season, despite a recent study that concluded the government is underestimating the number of bears killed each year…
Raincoast scientists and partners reveal that the excess mortality in the BC grizzly hunt (ie killing more bears than is sustainable) may have occurred in up to 70% of cases examined.
“Confronting Uncertainty in Grizzly Bear Management” is a paper published by Raincoast scientists and our partners that challenges the BC government’s claim of sound scientific management over its grizzly hunt.
By Jude Isabella, Slate
Someone shot a grizzly bear in Heiltsuk Territory, in Kwatna Inlet, part of the Great Bear Rainforest. The killer? Clayton Stoner, an NHL defenseman for the Minnesota Wild…
By Stephen Hume, Vancouver Sun
A new scientific study reports that grizzly bear mortalities exceed government targets in half the areas where hunting is permitted. This earns another “ho hum” from provincial wildlife authorities…
By Sandra McCulloch, Times Colonist
Trophy hunting is threatening B.C.’s grizzly bear populations scientists from the Raincoast Conservation Foundation, the University of Victoria and Simon Fraser University have found…
By Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun
The number of grizzly bears killed in B.C. exceeded government targets in half the areas where the province permitted hunting of the species, a new study released Wednesday concludes…
By Mark Hume, Globe and Mail
The B.C. government has long justified its controversial grizzly bear hunt by saying it’s based on sound science…
Scientists from the Raincoast Conservation Foundation, SFU, and UVIC have authored the first peer-reviewed study of BC’s controversial grizzly bear management…
CFAX discusses the BC government-sanctioned trophy hunting of grizzly bears with Raincoast’s Brian Falconer. Listen to the podcast…
Raincoast has asked the B.C. Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations to investigate the trophy killing of a grizzly on the central coast…