"Once we lose the wild places and wild things that live here, we'll never get them back...We cannot undo some things once they are done."
That's how Moira Le Patourel, a naturalist who spends months every year in the Great Bear Rainforest, describes the urgency of the situation for animals there.
National Observer launched 'Report on the State of the Animal' Kickstarter campaign this week to fund reporting on the challenges faced by animals in a warming world.
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These stories rarely reach the public because they happen out of sight and out of mind for most Canadians.
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