SITKA, Alaska— The Center for Biological Diversity, Alaska Rainforest Defenders and Defenders of Wildlife petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to give Endangered Species Act protections to the Alexander Archipelago wolf in Southeast Alaska. This rare gray wolf subspecies, which inhabits the coastal rainforests of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, faces numerous threats. Legal trapping recently […]
Tag: Gray Wolf
Breaking! Help Save The Life Of A Rare Gray Wolf Being Targeted By The Livestock Industry In Utah To Be Trapped & Killed
According to Utah state authorities, for the first time in nearly five years, a gray wolf is thought to be present in the state. Shockingly, the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food is reportedly setting traps to kill the wolf on behalf of the state’s livestock industry. “On Tuesday, June 2nd, the Utah Department of Agriculture and […]
Rule to Allow Hunting Could Doom Rare Red Wolves
The red wolf, which once roamed all the way from Texas to New York, has dwindled to a wild population of around 35, found only in one peninsula in eastern North Carolina. On Wednesday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed allowing landowners to legally kill those wolves once they leave the confines of a […]
2020 ballot initiative would restore wolves to Colorado
Earlier this month, more than 200,000 signatures were delivered to the Colorado secretary of state calling for the restoration of gray wolves (Canis lupus) to be put on the 2020 statewide ballot. Collected by volunteers from the Rocky Mountain Wolf Action Fund, Initiative 107 would instruct Colorado Parks and Wildlife to take public input and […]
17 States Sue to Stop Trump Admin Attack on Endangered Species Act
A little more than a month after the Trump administration announced a major rollback of the Endangered Species Act, 17 states are suing to stop it. The administration’s changes would remove the blanket rule giving threatened species the same protections as endangered species, allow regulators to calculate the economic cost of protecting any given species […]
1.8 Million Americans Speak Out Against Stripping Federal Protections from Wolves
WASHINGTON, DC— Almost two million Americans stated their opposition to the Trump administration’s proposal to strip endangered species protections from gray wolves in a comment period that closed today. This is one of the largest numbers of comments ever submitted on a federal decision involving endangered species and reflects broad dissatisfaction with the Trump administration’s […]
POLL: Should Gray Wolves be Kept on the Endangered Species List?
Sometimes people ask me why the gray wolf is my favorite animal. It’s because of their incredible strength and determination to survive despite ever-increasing obstacles. It’s their spirit and pack mentality that reminds us that together we thrive. Gray wolves once roamed freely throughout North America, but by the early 20th century they had all […]
POLL: Should all wolves be stripped of federal protection?
In an incredibly disappointing, but not entirely surprising move, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has announced its intention to strip gray wolves of federal protection in the lower 48, which their advocates fear will be a death sentence for them. Gray wolves have already faced such heavy persecution that we nearly killed every […]