
The Fur-Bearers awards scholarship to promote beaver coexistence
The Fur-Bearers is excited to award our Beaver Institute Scholarship for 2023!
The Fur-Bearers is excited to award our Beaver Institute Scholarship for 2023!
The Fur-Bearers has opened applications for the Beaver Institute Scholarship. Submit your application today!
Wildlife protection organization calls for immediate moratorium and audit of 2021-2022 wolf cull activities
An amendment to the Wildlife Act has been proposed that would protect bear dens across British Columbia.
The Fur-Bearers Arts & Science Scholarship was launched in 2021 to support individuals who are committed to improving coexistence with wildlife in Canada.
Read our letter to the Auditor General calling for an audit of the BCCOS.
The Fur-Bearers has published data showing areas where black bears are being killed by conservation officers in British Columbia.
Read about a wolverine research project conducted in the heart of the Rocky Mountains
Read our open letter about a Saskatchewan Conservation Officer bringing a young moose to a school classroom.
BC animal artist Sarah Ronald on her philosophy, showing human impact on wildlife, the role of art and her new exhibit at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum in Vancouver.
BC plans to kill wolves for five more years in a bid to protect endangered caribou. But survey results show most people oppose their plans.
Impacts include people leaving trails, plant life being damaged, toxic materials and potential negative encounters with wildlife.
President Theodore Roosevelt's conservationism contemplated in new book: Leave It As It Is by David Gessner.
Education and research are being hit hard by COVID-19; but the outlook isn't all negative, writes Cassandra D'Andrea.
Conservationist Ana Giovanetti on her life changing experience working with chimpanzees and the community in Zambia.
Two views tend to battle out the ethics of coyote fur by companies like Canada Goose, but one opinion is never considered.
For the next seven days, any donation you may to our campaign to regain charitable status will be DOUBLED up to $5,000!
Document unearthed by Conservation North indicates plan to kill at least 80% of wolves in regions.
Dr. Kristen Walker of UBC talks compassionate conservation, coexistence, harm reduction in wildlife research and more!
The Conservation Officer Service has stuck to their guns on why they kill so many bears in British Columbia. Let’s look at their messaging and compare it to the bare facts.
Killing an animal designated as threatened is okay, if it’s “by accident.”
Dr. Anna Pigott sees capitalism as the root cause for much of the environmental havoc described in a World Wildlife Fund and explores the subject on this episode of the Defender Radio Podcast.
Hunting isn't conservation, regulating hunting is – and a paper by Dr. Adrian Treves outlines the importance of distinguishing that. Hear more in this five-minute News Brief of Defender Radio!
British Columbia's highest court dismissed an appeal because of a lack of clarity in law – meaning that there is still no clear decision on when a Conservation Officer can or can't kill animals in the course of their duties. Join us in calling for immediate change!
Established in 1953, The Fur-Bearers is a charitable, non-partisan organization whose goals are to end the commercial fur trade and promote solutions for wildlife coexistence in communities. Your donation is tax-deductible. Charitable registration number: 130006125RR0002