Will Yellowstone wolves follow Wile E. Coyote’s roadmap? SAN FRANCISCO, California––If gray wolves could read, the gray wolves of Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana would already be on the run south and west from the Northern Rocky Mountains into every adjoining state with mountains, elk, deer, and other wolf prey. In legal terms, Judge Jeffrey S. […]
Trump allies in the animal world squirm after U.S. Capitol storming
From “Joe Exotic” to Wayne Pacelle WASHINGTON D.C.––Soon-to-be-former U.S. President Donald Trump and his die-hard defenders who are now facing criminal charges for storming the U.S. National Capitol building on January 6, 2021 were scarcely the only big losers from the events of the day. Former U.S. Air Force security dog handler Ashli Babbitt, […]
Wolves, grizzly bears, wolverines & right whales sacrificed to Trump re-election bid
Handouts to hunters, fishers, loggers, miners, & the oil and gas extraction industries BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota––U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt on October 29, 2020 announced that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is removing gray wolves from Endangered Species Act protection throughout the Lower 48 states. The wolf delisting is widely seen as a blatant […]
Winning for coyotes & beaver, lawyers turn to the missing lynx
Cases signal that wildlife killing methods may be restrained under the Trump administration, but critical habitat will go unprotected BOISE, Idaho––Winning a settlement against U.S. government agencies on behalf of furbearing wildlife for the fifth time in six months, Center for Biological Diversity attorney Collette Adkins and co-plaintiffs WildEarth Guardians, the Humane Society of […]