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  • Three wolves stand in the intertidal zone, on rocks covered in seaweed and kelp, looking out onto the water.
    Tracking Raincoast

    Wolves, whales, and water

    2025 January 132025 January 13

    We have completed our analysis of inbreeding across Resident killer whale populations, yielding some interesting results.

    Read More Wolves, whales, and waterContinue

  • A black and white killer whale jumping out of the water.
    In the media | Investigate and inform

    Comment: West Coast oil spill would be a killer for whales

    2013 October 262024 July 8

    Victoria Times Colonist
    Raincoast’s Misty MacDuffee and Chris Genovali discuss the realities of Enbridge’s ads and promises for killer whales…

    Read More Comment: West Coast oil spill would be a killer for whalesContinue

  • The tail of an orca whale is shown in the water.
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    Raincoast objects to US plan to dart killer whales

    2012 January 302024 July 8

    Radio interview with Raincoast’s Misty MacDuffee about a US plan to place satellite transmitters on killer whales…

    Read More Raincoast objects to US plan to dart killer whalesContinue

  • A group of orca whales swimming in the ocean.
    In the media | Investigate and inform

    Tankers and orcas cannot co-exist

    2011 August 22024 July 8

    By Misty MacDuffee and Chris Genovali, Island Tides July 28, 2011

    According to Kinder Morgan, an estimated 288 tankers (576 transits) will leave Westridge Terminal by 2016, up from 71 tankers (142 transits) in 2010. This translates to more than one tanker per day transiting our region’s front yard…

    Read More Tankers and orcas cannot co-existContinue

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    Notes from the field

    Defending our killer whale legal victory

    2011 February 12024 July 8

    FISHERIES MINISTER APPEALING FEDERAL COURT’S KILLER WHALE RULING by Misty MacDuffee Wild Salmon Program biologist and killer whale advocate January 2011 Raincoast and our conservation partners recently won a major legal victory for British Columbia’s endangered and threatened resident killer whales. Led by lawyer Margot Venton at Ecojustice, we challenged the federal government’s lack of…

    Read More Defending our killer whale legal victoryContinue

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    Raincoast updates

    Salmon management should include bears, whales, and other wildlife

    2011 January 62024 October 8

    As last year’s returning wild Pacific salmon headed upstream, scientists spawned a thought-provoking proposal about how taking less salmon might bring more benefits to both ecosystems and economies…

    Read More Salmon management should include bears, whales, and other wildlifeContinue

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