Working with our First Nations partners, our goal is to permanently end commercial trophy hunting of all large carnivores in the Great Bear Rainforest.
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. We successfully raised $650,000 to purchase the Kitlope commercial hunting tenure.
At 5300 km…
On Oct 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.
With this we will own the commercial hunting rights to five tenures covering …
We purchased the Spirit bear tenure in 2011.
It covers an area of approximately 3,500 square km including the islands portion of a large territory owned by a private European shooting club. It contains the vast majority of known Spirit …
Congratulations! Today we reached our fundraising goal to buy the commercial hunting rights in the entire Huchduwaachsdu Nuyem Jees Kitlope Heritage Conservancy and surrounding area in BC’s Great Bear Rainforest.
This is our fifth commercial hunting tenure acquisition. We are …
All predators on the British Columbia coast need our protection.
You can help end commercial trophy hunting in the Kitlope Conservancy and surrounding area forever.
We need $100,000 to buy out Kitlope’s hunting tenure, which would mean the end of …
We had an amazing response to our last fundraising appeal – thank you!
We now only need $100,000 to purchase the Kitlope hunting tenure.
With $550,000 of the $650,000 purchase price now raised, two generous donors have confirmed that they …
We are so close to raising the funds needed to purchase the Kitlope commercial hunting tenure.
This is how we stop hunting of large carnivores in the Great Bear Rainforest. We’ve already protected approximately 33,500 square kilometers, and the Kitlope …
We are approaching the home stretch of ending commercial trophy hunting in the 5,300 km2 Kitlope hunting tenure.
Through the summer we’ve written grants, sold a donated boat and generally hustled to get us within reach of the home stretch. …
Raincoast’s campiagn Protecting the Kitlope needs your help.
With our First Nations partners we are working to permanently end commercial trophy hunting of all large carnivores in the Great Bear Rainforest.
We are well on our way to purchasing our …
With our First Nations partners we are working to permanently end commercial trophy hunting of all large carnivores in the Great Bear Rainforest.
We do this by purchasing the remaining commercial tenures in the Great Bear Rainforest. So far we’ve …
We are working to protect British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest from commercial trophy hunting.
We do this by purchasing the hunting rights and then effectively extinguishing trophy hunting of coastal carnivores.
We have already purchased hunting rights in 33,500km². For …
We have now raised $345,000 towards the $650,000 needed for us to purchase the Kitlope Tenure.
In 2005 we began our campaign to end commercial hunting of large carnivores in the Great Bear Rainforest because a previous ban on trophy …
We are working to protect British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest from commercial trophy hunting.
We do this by purchasing the hunting rights and then effectively extinguishing trophy hunting of coastal carnivores.
We have already purchased hunting rights in 33,500 square …
Here is a mother Grizzly and her two cubs in Nuxalk Territory shot on one of our field trailcams last season.
This video was taken as a part of a multi-year research project in collaboration with BC Parks and the …
Our friend Bertie Gregory captured this precious moment of a black bear cub on a recent shoot for ‘Seven Worlds, One Planet’ on Vancouver Island.
Black bears are still trophy hunted in B.C.’s Great Bear Rainforest. We are currently raising …
Great news! We have now raised over $250,000 towards the $650,000 needed to acquire the Kitlope commercial trophy hunting tenure. Success means that we extinguish commercial trophy hunting of carnivores in the stunning Kitlope Watershed, located on the northern reaches …
Spirit bears are a valuable symbol of the Great Bear Rainforest.
Protecting both spirit bear and black bear habitat is essential because black bears can carry the recessive spirit bear gene. Although Spirit Bears are protected from trophy hunting, black …
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 is …
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 the trophy hunting rights to an area of over 33,500 square kilometres. And we’re …
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 …
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Give a gift to end trophy hunting of coastal carnivores.
100% of your donations will go directly to our coastal carnivores campaign and provide permanent protection for animals like this coastal wolf, which was shot and killed not long after …
A picture is worth a thousand words, and we are selling prints for $98.
We are very grateful for photographers who are able to capture exceptional images and who donated a limited number of prints. These images not only capture …