Victory! Petitions to Reduce or Remove Protections for Wolves are Denied

Victory! Petitions to Reduce or Remove Protections for Wolves are Denied

Petitions from hunting organizations that aimed to reduce or remove protections for gray wolves in the western Great Lakes and West Coast regions have been rejected by Federal wildlife regulators. Groups such as the Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation and various bear hunting associations submitted their petitions to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in June 2023. […]

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Calls to halt kangaroo culling in Victoria’s Grampians after bushfires

Calls to halt kangaroo culling in Victoria’s Grampians after bushfires

Wildlife advocates are calling for a halt to the commercial harvesting of kangaroos in Victoria’s Grampians region after bushfires there. Wildlife Victoria warned of “long-term impacts” on native plants and animals due to the fires, which burned through 76,000 hectares of national park and farmland, and called for a stop to the controversial practice until […]

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New National Park Widens Protection of Legendary ‘Asian Unicorn’ Mountain Home

New National Park Widens Protection of Legendary ‘Asian Unicorn’ Mountain Home

The government of Laos DPR recently turned a vast area of hills and tropical forests over to conservation with the establishment of Xesap National Park (NP). Aided by Western endowments and nonprofits, the establishment expands an already existing protected area to a total of 202,300 hectares, including the 49,000-hectare Pale area, which is thought to […]

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Florida Manatees Denied Endangered Species Protections Despite ‘Ongoing Die-Off’

Florida Manatees Denied Endangered Species Protections Despite ‘Ongoing Die-Off’

According to a new proposal put forth by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the Florida manatee, a subspecies of the West Indian manatee, will remain listed as a threatened species and will be submitted separately for protections from another subspecies, the Antillean manatee. The Antillean manatee has been proposed to be listed as […]

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