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More than 80 North Carolina Landowners Express Support for Recovery of Endangered Red Wolves

Via the Animal Welfare Institute:

Albemarle Peninsula, N.C.—Private landowners in the five counties of North Carolina where red wolves roam signed a petition, sent to U.S Fish and Wildlife Service director Dan Ashe, expressing their support for keeping endangered red wolves on their land.

February 3, 2016 2 Comments

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Transcending the Big Bad Wolf

In the history of western civilization, no animal has been as systematically vilified as the wolf. Neither spider nor snake, bat nor rat, nor shark of any kind, can make this claim.

January 19, 2016 16 Comments

Congress

Great Lakes and Wyoming Wolves Win

After hundreds of thousands of activists spoke out against it, Congress removed from its spending bill a legislative proposal that would have abandoned gray wolves in four states.

December 18, 2015 7 Comments

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Documents Show FWS Scientists Disagreed with Wolverine Decision

What do sage grouse, wolves, and burying beetles have to do with politics? A lot when we look at how decisions to protect or not protect these species have gotten tied into political debates.

December 4, 2015 1 Comment

Congress

70 Scientists Recommend Continued Protection for Wolves

A group of 70 scientists and scholars released an open letter this week calling for the continued protection of gray wolves in the Great Lakes and beyond.

December 1, 2015 24 Comments

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Oregon Fish & Wildlife Commission Strips Wolves of Endangered Species Act Protections

Ignoring scientists and the pleas of thousands of concerned wildlife advocates, Oregon’s Fish & Wildlife Commission voted to remove gray wolves from the state Endangered Species Act.

November 11, 2015 13 Comments

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House & Senate Dems to President Obama–Veto Extinction

This Congress has seen at least 80 different legislative attacks on the Endangered Species Act. In its 42 years, the

November 5, 2015 48 Comments

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Science Endangered at the Fish and Wildlife Service

A new report surveyed 7,000 scientists in 4 different agencies, NOAA, FDA, CDC and the Fish and Wildlife Service and the results were troubling. Of the scientists surveyed at Fish and Wildlife, 72% believe that too much consideration was given to political interests at their agency, and 47% of agency scientists believe industry interference in agency decision-making is concerning, the highest percentages of any other government agency surveyed.

October 2, 2015 22 Comments

Congress

Great Lakes Advocates Speak out for Wolves in D.C.

Last week I was lucky enough to accompany conservationists, farmers and hunters from across the Great Lakes States as they converged on Washington DC.

April 1, 2015 15 Comments

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For the Love of the Lobo

Maggie Howell is the Executive Director of the Wolf Conservation Center, an Endangered Species Coalition member organization. In this interview with Zoe Helene, she talks about what endangered wolves sacrifice in captivity, the threat they face from hunters and ranchers in the wild, and her love for the lobo.

March 16, 2015 9 Comments

wolves

More than 80 North Carolina Landowners Express Support for Recovery of Endangered Red Wolves

Transcending the Big Bad Wolf

Great Lakes and Wyoming Wolves Win

Documents Show FWS Scientists Disagreed with Wolverine Decision

70 Scientists Recommend Continued Protection for Wolves

Oregon Fish & Wildlife Commission Strips Wolves of Endangered Species Act Protections

House & Senate Dems to President Obama–Veto Extinction

Science Endangered at the Fish and Wildlife Service

Great Lakes Advocates Speak out for Wolves in D.C.

For the Love of the Lobo

Stay INFORMED

About the Endangered SPECIES COALITION