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  • A young Jane Goodall extends her right hand towards a baby chimp, crouched down in a remote jungle scene.
    Conservation updates

    A legacy of respect: Jane Goodall and my work with whales

    2025 October 22025 October 2

    The importance of keeping empathy at the heart of science.

    Read More A legacy of respect: Jane Goodall and my work with whalesContinue

  • Hands holding a DJI drone controller with killer whales on the screen.
    Conservation updates

    The ethics of flying drones over whales 

    2024 August 222024 August 22

    Raincoast uses drones to study killer whale health…and we always put photography ethics, including the well-being of the whales, first.

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  • Two killer whales swimming in the ocean.
    Investigate and inform

    Open letter regarding killer whale behaviour around boats

    2023 November 212024 July 8

    This letter urges caution in interpreting the causes and nature of the whales’ behaviours.

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  • Two killer whales come to the surface of the Salish Sea.
    In the media

    Misty MacDuffee on CFAX 1070 talking about the approval of the Trans Mountain Pipeline

    2019 June 242024 July 8

    The day after the federal government approved the Trans Mountain Pipeline yet again, Raincoast’s Wild Salmon Program Director, Misty MacDuffee spoke with Mark Brennae on CFAX 1070 to talk pipelines, whales, and how humans are implicated in the disappearance of species. There is, of course, the risk of an oil spill or a vessel strike, but the noise and disturbance on both inbound and outbound tankers is always a certainty. And that noise can reduce the whales ability to echolocate and communicate…

    Read More Misty MacDuffee on CFAX 1070 talking about the approval of the Trans Mountain PipelineContinue

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