Alert: Trapping seasons begin across Canada
Keeping yourself and pets safe mean having an awareness of local regulations and knowing about these safety tips.
Five Tips For An Animal-Friendly Halloween
You can help local wildlife and your companion animals sail through the creepy season with these tips!
Animal cafés – making matters worse for threatened wildlife
Dr. Chris Shepherd of the Monitor Conservation Research Society explains how animal cafes can be harmful to wild animals around the world.
The Switch: Libraries Can Build Resilient Communities
April Griffith is helping her and other libraries across America become hubs for climate education and solutions.
Silent auction a huge success thanks to supporters
Thanks to item donors and silent auction bidders The Fur-Bearers’ auction was a huge success for wildlife!
Infectious disease docs call on Premier John Horgan to end fur farming
A group of 29 British Columbia infectious disease specialists sent an open letter to BC Premier John Horgan calling for an end to fur farming in the province.
Four ethical outerwear brands to check out this fall
With a change in the weather comes a need for warmer clothing – and we’re here to help you find outerwear brands that keep animal welfare in mind.
Coexistence is a daily intention
Strategies to live alongside wildlife aren’t failing; it’s time for them to begin in earnest.
The Switch: Doom Scrolling with Stephanie McMahon
Taking in too much of the bad? Learn when it’s time to take a break, and how to set healthy boundaries.
The Switch: Eco-friendly Menstrual Products with Dr. Elisabeth Ormandy
Dr. Elisabeth Ormandy joins The Switch to talk about silicone cups, washable pads and other products for menstruating individuals.
Launch of New Microsite: End Fur Farming in British Columbia
A one-stop resource for everything you need to know about fur farming in British Columbia – and how you can help end it.
Online Fall Silent Auction October 12-18
Get a jump start on your holiday shopping and help the animals at the same time – all with a click of a button!
You voted, now what?
Three wildlife-related topics on which to educate your (new) Member of Parliament
Four tips to keep wildlife wild in your neighbourhood this fall
Bears, skunks, raccoons, coyotes and many other common critters are stocking up on calories as summer turns to fall.
Tomm Moore: Storytelling, Environmentalism, and WolfWalkers
Oscar-nominated director Tomm Moore talks about his latest animated feature, the importance of storytelling from generation to generation, and how looking backwards gives us hope and ideas for the future.
The Switch: Gas Leaf Blowers with Dr. Teale Phelps Bondaroff
Gas-powered leaf blowers can have a negative impact on the environment. Learn more and how you can help your community make the switch!
The Fur-Bearers’ Stanley Park Coyotes Update
Executive Director Lesley Fox shares our history on this issue over the last year and what’s next. Also, psychotherapist Stephanie McMahon discusses grieving for the coyotes.
How To Talk To A Science Denier
Philosopher of science Dr. Lee McIntyre shares insights from his new book on how to combat science denial in the modern era.
Stanley Park: What you can do to help the coyotes
Five ways you can help ensure that this situation is never repeated and protect the long-term health of Stanley Park and its inhabitants.
Science: Culls aren’t effective long-term solutions
Removing coyotes from an ecosystem doesn’t change the human impacts on the ecosystem and creates an opportunity for more coyotes to return.
The Fur-Bearers’ statement on Stanley Park coyotes
Following the announcement that more coyotes will be killed, we are left feeling anger, sadness and frustration that opportunities to prevent this outcome were ignored or missed.
Beaver Institute scholarship applications open Sept. 1
The Fur-Bearers offers a scholarship for individuals to learn tools that help communities coexist with beavers.
Watch media sensationalize a coyote story on live television
Dr. Shelley Alexander’s nuanced explanations of coyote behaviour filtered down to one simplistic statement while interviewing on Morning Live.
Tell your wildlife story with The Fur-Bearers’ Arts Grant
Funding to aid art projects that promote coexistence with fur-bearing animals in Canada.
