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  • Grizzly bear swimming on a sunny day.
    Conservation updates

    We are off to a great start to stopping commercial trophy hunting in the Southern Great Bear Rainforest Tenure

    2021 December 22024 October 8

    Last week we launched our campaign to stop commercial trophy hunting in the Southern Great Bear Rainforest Tenure and we were met with so much support that we’ve already raised $145,110 of our total goal of $1.92 million – that’s 7%! 

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    The home stretch to protect the Kitlope’s coastal carnivores

    2020 October 222024 July 8

    Two generous donors have confirmed that they will step up to match half of the funds needed to get us to our final goal of $650,000. Now, the impact of every dollar you donate is doubled…

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  • The warm interior lights and beautiful images of the Karen Cooper Gallery show through the evening darkness on Granville Island.
    Events

    Join us at the Karen Cooper Gallery on Granville Island

    2018 October 152024 July 8

    On the 23rd of October we launch the One Shot for Coastal Carnivores exhibit in Vancouver. Contributing photographer Karen Cooper will be hosting us at her gallery on Granville Island. The video below gives you a sense of both Karen’s work and the first space in which you’ll be able to view conservation photography from…

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  • A wolf walks across the eel grass in the intertidal zone.
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    Unique wildlife photography collection coming this fall

    2018 October 42024 October 8

    From Victoria to Whistler we have set-up a range of viewings, sponsorship opportunities and public events. We have contributions from a fantastic range of photographers, some of whom have spent their entire lives on the coast of British Columbia, dedicated to telling its stories…

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  • A grizzly bear stands in the neck and head deep fireweed, sniffing the air.
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    We can end commercial trophy hunting in the Nadeea tenure

    2018 September 272024 July 8

    In the world we currently live in, it is such a rare opportunity to have a direct, tangible, positive impact. It can be excruciatingly difficult to know whether or not you are making a positive change. When you’re just one person, the world often seems so big, and the problems in it so insurmountable, that…

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  • Help Raincoast end the trophy hunt
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    Stopping the grizzly hunt

    2016 July 152024 October 8

    Help us end the trophy killing of large carnivores in the Great Bear Rainforest – now and forever. Every year in BC a staggering number of bears, wolves, and other large carnivores are killed by hunters for trophies on their walls and floors. For two decades we have worked to end this senseless slaughter. In…

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  • 3 smiling trophy hunters kneel behind the dead grizzly they have killed.
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    If you can’t beat ’em, buy ’em

    2011 January 272024 July 8

    Raincoast has a track record with big ideas.  In a move that garnered worldwide attention, we purchased an exclusive 24,700 km2 hunting license for $1.3 million in 2005. Our purchase ended commercial trophy hunting over this huge region. Grizzlies, wolves, and black bears were no longer targets for commercial trophy hunters throughout much of British…

    Read More If you can’t beat ’em, buy ’emContinue

  • 3 smiling trophy hunters kneel behind the dead grizzly they have killed.
    In the media

    Protecting bears by buying hunting rights

    2010 December 312024 July 8

    Raincoast now has a purchase agreement for a second commercial hunting territory in the Great Bear Rainforest, specifically in the home of the spirit bear…

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