For release March 19 2011 Download the PDF version Sidney BC; Researchers from the University of St Andrews, Raincoast Conservation Foundation, Oceans Initiative and Environment Canada teamed up to assess the presence and potential threats from floating plastics and other debris to BC’s marine animals.
Join Raincoast and Maple Leaf Adventures for a slide show presentation on spirit bears, wilderness adventure and much more in Courtenay Friday March 25 at the Stan Hagen Theatre, North Island College…
FAX’s Adam Stirling interviews Raincoast Sr. Scientist Dr. Paul Paquet about a study on diseases in dogs and the potential transfer …
Raincoast and Ocean River Sports present Black Wave: a documentary film on the legacy of economic, social and ecological devastation caused by the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill…
Wed April 6, 7:00pm – 9:00 pm
Ocean River Sports
1824 Store St Victoria
Lack of vet care for dogs cited in report
By Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist
Diseases, some of which can be lethal, are being passed between dogs, wolves and people in remote B.C communities where there is a dearth of veterinary care, a new study has found…
Study links unhealthy pets to decline in wolf populations
By Judith Lavoie, Postmedia News
The study by researchers from Raincoast Conservation Foundation and the University of Calgary tested dogs in five remote B.C. communities – Hartley Bay, Klemtu, Ocean Falls, Bella Bella and Oweekeno…
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…
A new study by researchers from Raincoast, Watershed Watch, UVic and SFU provides the first link between salmon farms and elevated levels of sea lice on juvenile Fraser River sockeye…
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…
The North Island Gazette recently published a letter about supposed discrepancies between our press release and the peer-reviewed study it refers to…
A new book chapter by Raincoast senior scientist Dr. Paul Paquet and co-authors discusses the ecological role of large carnivores on the landscape…
