What's new // welfare of animals
Katherine Dedyna / Times Colonist
Wildlife might be close to the hearts of B.C. residents in theory, but in real life, it’s rare for cougars who come into contact with humans to survive the encounter…
Victoria Times Colonist
Raincoast’s Misty MacDuffee and Chris Genovali discuss the realities of Enbridge’s ads and promises for killer whales…
British Columbians are likely unaware their tax dollars are supporting not only the killing but also the sanctioned torturing of wolves…
Raincoast has been pushing the idea of animal welfare considerations in wildlife management. The topic was addressed at the Wildlife Society’s Annual Conference where Raincoast presented two papers.
Increasingly, Raincoast is articulating the need for an animal welfare ethic that applies to wildlife…
Raincoast’s Paul Paquet and Chris Genovali authored the cover story appearing in the Spring 2012 issue of AWI Quarterly magazine…
By Chris Darimont
Owing to Raincoast’s leadership in using exclusively non-invasive research, I was called upon to organize and chair a conference session on “Wildlife Science and the 3 Rs” at the 8th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences…
Island Tides April 7-April 20, 2011
The notion that animal welfare applies to wildlife has escaped most people, including animal welfarists and conservationists alike…
By Paul C. Paquet and Chris Genovali, Special To The Vancouver Sun
March 11, 2011
Although rarely considered, many human activities deprive wild animals of their life necessities, causing suffering of individuals through displacement, stress, starvation, and diminished security…
Animal Writes – The Vancouver Humane Society Newsletter, Spring 2011
by Paul C. Paquet and Chris Genovali
Why is there no concern about the pain, fear, suffering and even death that wildlife will endure if the pipeline is approved? It is largely because we place a higher priority on economic growth than on the welfare of other species…
Chris Genovali and Camilla Fox discuss the persecution of wolves on both sides of the US/Canada border, despite the use of their presence as icons of wilderness.
By Chris Genovali and Camilla Fox
Montana’s request to hunt endangered gray wolves has been turned down by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; not that the federal agency is opposed to wolf hunting, but because they believe the Montana proposal would not survive a legal challenge…