With your help, we’re halfway there!
Through the acquisition of these tenures, we own the commercial hunting rights in perpetuity, thus protecting all coastal carnivores that would be, otherwise, subject to trophy hunting.
Safeguard Coastal Carnivores
Working with our First Nations partners, our goal is to permanently end commercial trophy hunting of all large carnivores in the Great Bear Rainforest.
Safeguarding coastal carnivores – Kitlope success
In October of 2020, we reached a significant milestone in our efforts to end all commercial trophy hunting of coastal carnivores in the Great Bear Rainforest.
Our successful campaign in the Kitlope
On Oct 28th, 2020, we were successful in raising funds to stop trophy hunting in the Kitlope.
Kitlope commercial trophy hunting tenure secured in Haisla and Xenaxiala territory
On October 28th, 2020 we were happy to announce that we raised enough funds to purchase the Kitlope commercial trophy hunting tenure in Haisla and Xenaxiala territory.
Spirit bear tenure
We purchased the Spirit bear tenure in 2011.
Raincoast reaches Kitlope fundraising goal
Congratulations on helping us reach our fundraising goal for the Kitlope tenure.
Protect wolves on BC coast
All predators on the British Columbia coast need our protection.
Help us purchase the Kitlope hunting tenure
Two generous donors have confirmed that they will match half of the remaining funds, for our last $100,000.
Protecting the Kitlope
We are so close to raising the funds needed to purchase the Kitlope commercial hunting tenure.
Help us reach our goal to purchase Kitlope tenure
We are approaching the home stretch of ending commercial trophy hunting in the 5,300 km2 Kitlope hunting tenure.
Help end trophy hunting of large coastal carnivores
Raincoast's campiagn Protecting the Kitlope needs your help.
A permanent end to commercial trophy hunting
With our First Nations partners we are working to permanently end commercial trophy hunting of all large carnivores in the Great Bear Rainforest.
33500 square kilometres and more to go
We are working to protect British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest from commercial trophy hunting.
End commercial hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest
We buy the rights to shoot wildlife - and then we don’t shoot the wildlife.
Protecting the Kitlope
We are working to protect British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest from commercial trophy hunting.
Mother grizzly and cubs
Monthly donors support our ongoing research and conservation efforts for bears like this one and many more.
Stop commercial trophy hunting
Black bears are still trophy hunted in B.C.’s Great Bear Rainforest.
Almost halfway there
Great news! We have now raised over $250,000 towards the $650,000 needed to acquire the Kitlope commercial trophy hunting tenure...
Spirit bears
Spirit bears are a valuable symbol of the Great Bear Rainforest. Protecting both spirit bear and black bear habitat is essential because...
Help us purchase the Kitlope tenure
With the support of our First Nation partners, Raincoast now owns commercial trophy hunting rights in an area of over 33,000 square kilometers, across the Great Bear Rainforest. That’s an area larger than Vancouver Island. Our long term goal...
Coastal wolves still hunted for trophies
Coastal wolves are among the wildlife that are still trophy hunted in B.C.’s Great Bear Rainforest. Our goal is to permanently stop this. Raincoast currently owns...
Safeguarding coastal carnivores in the Kitlope
One of our greatest achievements at Raincoast has been our role in ending the trophy hunting of grizzly bears throughout British Columbia. Acquiring the remaining commercial hunting tenures in the Great Bear Rainforest extends similar protection to all coastal carnivores …
On hope
"Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. It is an orientation of the spirit and orientation of the heart..."
“I was alone in a canoe, but it was a magic canoe.”
“I was alone in a canoe, but it was a magic canoe. It was magic because it could make room for everyone..."
