A young man from Ucluelet started running the length of Vancouver Island today in Port Hardy, where he kickstarted his anti-trophy hunting campaign.
Giordano Corlazzoli, who recently finished college, will run over 500 kilometres within two weeks from Port Hardy to Victoria in an effort to raise awareness on trophy hunting carnivores along the coast.
The marathon, the young man noted, is an effort to raise funds for a campaign, B次元官网网址淪afeguard Coastal CarnivoresB次元官网网址� endorsed by Raincoast Conservation Foundation.
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Before beginning the trek along Vancouver Island, the young marathoner said he B次元官网网址渟tarted this run to help fundraise with the Raincoast Conservation Foundation and their campaign to end trophy hunting. TheyB次元官网网址檙e purchasing hunting tenures to try gain rights to the land. TheyB次元官网网址檝e already purchased three tenures.B次元官网网址�
| Giordano Corlazzoli began his campaign in Port Hardy. |
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Growing up on the West Coast, he noted, was what inspired him to start this kind of campaign, especially coming from a remote community like Ucluelet. B次元官网网址淵ouB次元官网网址檙e more in tune with wildlife than a lot of places, if youB次元官网网址檙e from a city, seeing bears around,B次元官网网址� he said. B次元官网网址淵ouB次元官网网址檙e more aware that they exist and feel more responsibility to do something to protect them.B次元官网网址�
He attended a recent event held by Raincoast Conservation in Victoria, which instilled an idea to run a marathon to stop trophy hunting in B.C.
The foundation believes that buying out the hunting licenses outright may be the only solution to trophy hunting. B次元官网网址淲e began purchasing hunting rights in 2005,B次元官网网址� Raincoast Conservation stated online, B次元官网网址淲ith your help we have given protection to bears from trophy hunting in three jurisdictions in the Great Bear Rainforest. Now we can secure a fourth tenure.B次元官网网址�
CorlazzoliB次元官网网址檚 hopes this marathon inspires B.C. residents due to his passion for running, B次元官网网址渕otivating people to take action themselves and contribute in any way possible to this amazing campaign,B次元官网网址� he concluded.
The campaign plans to end carnivore trophy hunting, such as cougars or black bears, but the foundation does not anticipate the campaign to end hunting altogether.
The deadline to purchase the hunting licenses is Dec. 31.
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