Environmental Threats
Idaho Gray Wolves Need Your Help!
You Can Speak Up For Idaho Wolves! The 2023-2028 Wolf Management Plan is available for public view from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. This plan will guide the futures of many wolves in Idaho over the next 5 years and set precedents for plans well beyond that. You can submit your official comments below, but we thought we’d give you a guide with proposed talking points that we think are the most important to address.…
Celebrating 50 Years Of The Endangered Species Act
For Immediate Release, February 2, 2023 Contact: Stephanie Kurose, Center for Biological Diversity, (202) 849-8401 x 103, skurose@biologicaldiversity.org Derek Goldman, Endangered Species Coalition, (406) 370-6491, dgoldman@endangered.org Perry Wheeler, Earthjustice, (202) 792-6211, pwheeler@earthjustice.org Regan Downey, Wolf Conservation Center, (914) 763-2373 x 110, regan@nywolf.org Landmark Law Continues To Save Wildlife From Extinction WASHINGTON— Conservation and wildlife advocacy groups are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Endangered Species Act this year, commemorating five decades of…
Can We Really Believe Wisconsin Has An Accurate Wolf Count?
Several researchers recently took an extended look at Wisconsin’s 2022 ‘scaled occupancy model’ for estimating wolf counts in the state and concluded that the Wisconsin method systematically overestimates wolf abundance by large margins. This is due to several factors, and perhaps the most concerning part of all is that these over-estimations likely extend to other states using similar counting methods. New Counting Methods Despite there already being several proven methods developed by Wolf scientists over…
Beloved Local Connecticut Bear Hit by Vehicle
Black bears, an undeniably charismatic woodland species, often find themselves in locations that are perhaps less than ideal for their survival. Bear 211 – a beloved male bear residing in the Easton area of Connecticut – was no different. Bear 211 was first handled by state black bear experts when he was a young cub. For future monitoring purposes, he was fitted with permanent plastic red ear tags displaying his identifying numbers: 211. Over the…
Opening Day of NY Coyote Season – At What Cost?
Today, October 1st, is the first day of coyote hunting season in New York State. Coyotes – like wolves – have been historically persecuted for decades. In over 30 U.S. states, coyote hunting season never ends. New York is one of only a handful of states with a limited coyote season: six months out of the year. From today until March 29th of 2020, hunters can kill coyotes at will. Day or night, at any…
End Cruel Wildlife – Killing Contests in New York!
Four months. That’s how much time this mother has left to raise her pups before the coyote hunting season begins in New York. It’s open season on coyotes October 1 – March 29. It’s also the period of time when New York allows cruel coyote-killing competitions where contestants compete to shoot the most or biggest animals for cash prizes. If you think incentivizing the killing of New York’s wildlife is wrong, please take action! Urge…
The Perils of Rodenticide
Last month, radio-collared mountain lion P-47 was discovered dead in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area with his likely cause of death being exposure to rat poison. A necropsy revealed that the three-year-old lion had evidence of six difference anticoagulants in his system, and had internal bleeding in his head and lungs. Though rodenticides are intended to only target rats and mice, other animals such as raccoons, squirrels, and rabbits often mistakenly consume them…
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