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Dread is vanishing from the animal world. Here’s why that’s a bad thing.
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Dread is vanishing from the animal world. Here’s why that’s a bad thing.

March 5, 2016July 7, 2020

A Raincoast researcher and his university collaborators document how raccoons respond to the threatening sounds of large carnivores, and how this “landscape of fear” affects the health of ecosystems.

Read More Dread is vanishing from the animal world. Here’s why that’s a bad thing.Continue

Research: Fear of large carnivores causes a trophic cascade
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Research: Fear of large carnivores causes a trophic cascade

March 2, 2016July 9, 2020

Raincoast PhD candidate, Justin Suraci and colleagues publish study from BC’s Gulf Islands on the role of fear in maintaining healthy ecosystems.

Read More Research: Fear of large carnivores causes a trophic cascadeContinue

How top predators enforce balance in the ecosystem
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How top predators enforce balance in the ecosystem

February 26, 2016June 30, 2020

The fear that top predators such as cougars, wolves and other large carnivores inspire in other animals cascades down the food chain and is critical to maintaining a healthy ecosystem.

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Fear itself can help restore ecosystems
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Fear itself can help restore ecosystems

February 23, 2016July 14, 2020

A new study by Raincoast scientists and collaborators demonstrates that the fear top predators inspire can have cascading effects down the food chain critical to maintaining healthy ecosystems.

Read More Fear itself can help restore ecosystemsContinue

Join us in the land of the Spirit bear
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Join us in the land of the Spirit bear

November 12, 2015August 13, 2018

Join Raincoast for carnivore conservation events in Victoria, Vancouver and Seattle…

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The time has come for a different way of ‘managing’ Canada’s wildlife
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The time has come for a different way of ‘managing’ Canada’s wildlife

August 23, 2015March 16, 2016

Chris Genovali and Paul Paquet/Huffington Post
The senseless killing of Cecil the lion has catalyzed a worldwide discussion about the gratuitous trophy hunting of large carnivores…

Read More The time has come for a different way of ‘managing’ Canada’s wildlifeContinue

Cecil the lion and compassionate conservation
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Cecil the lion and compassionate conservation

August 11, 2015July 13, 2021

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…

Read More Cecil the lion and compassionate conservationContinue

Roadside bear kills raise monitoring concerns
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Roadside bear kills raise monitoring concerns

July 7, 2014October 24, 2014

Cara McKenna / Nanaimo Daily News
Two mutilated black bears found on a roadside have prompted Raincoast to compare Vancouver Island’s remote hunting areas to the wild west…

Read More Roadside bear kills raise monitoring concernsContinue

Biologists warn against proposal to expand grizzly bear hunt
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Biologists warn against proposal to expand grizzly bear hunt

December 6, 2013May 23, 2021

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…

Read More Biologists warn against proposal to expand grizzly bear huntContinue

Salmon shortages stressing grizzlies
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Salmon shortages stressing grizzlies

November 29, 2013May 23, 2021

By Mark Hume, The Globe and Mail
When salmon runs dwindle on the B.C. coast, the stress levels in grizzlies climb, say researchers who examined hair samples collected from more than 70 bears…

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Exploring the wild shores of B.C.’s Great Bear Rainforest
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Exploring the wild shores of B.C.’s Great Bear Rainforest

March 18, 2013May 23, 2021

Vancouver Sun – March 16, 2013
Engine cut, our zodiac silently glides toward shore, where we spot a 400 pound grizzly and her fluffy cub grazing on shoreline sedges and giant-leafed skunk cabbage…

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In 2012, is a bear worth more living or shot dead?
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In 2012, is a bear worth more living or shot dead?

September 30, 2012May 23, 2021

By Kevin Smith, Times Colonist
For a moment, I want you to put aside your feelings around trophy hunting of bears. Instead, I want you to think about the business case…

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