Washington, D.C. — On July 23, 2021, the Sault St. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians and a coalition of 14 conservation groups, many centered in the Great Lakes region, sought leave from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to submit an amicus (friend of the court) brief that the U.S. Fish … Read more
President Biden indicated, in an appearance last week on the YouTube program “Brave Wilderness” that focuses on connecting young people to the great outdoors, that he’s alert to the plight of wolves in the United States. He pledged that he’s deeply connected to animals and the natural world and his Administration may do something to remedy the … Read more
We humans are capable of so much good. Behaviors borne from our better angels are so often on display, with innumerable acts of kindness quietly conducted day by day. That was in evidence in dramatic fashion just the other day, when the Thailand Navy got word of a burning private vessel and sent one of … Read more
It’s hard to fathom what Wisconsin just did to its endangered wolves. After a brief but confusing legal fight — where the state’s own Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recommended against a winter hunt that overlaps with the mating season for wolves — state authorities turned loose trophy hunters, hound hunters, and trappers to kill … Read more
Madison, Wis. — Today, Scott Edwards, general counsel of Animal Wellness Action, issued the following statement in response to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Board narrowly rejecting an unprecedented and reckless February trophy hunt and commercial trapping season for wolves. The effort was mounted by Republican state lawmakers in response to a November 3rd Trump Administration action removing … Read more
The plan, if implemented, would lead to wholesale killing of wolves, especially in Great Lakes states Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin are swing states in presidential politics. They are also wolf states — with the family-oriented gray wolves stalking the boreal forests in search of deer and moose and beavers in their northern reaches. President Trump’s … Read more
A tranche of newly disclosed documents reveals rot at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (the Department) and reckless oversight and killing of the state’s endangered wolves. According to documents submitted in a King County court case — which just came to light on January 9th — the Department contracted with cattle ranchers Arron and Jolene Scotten … Read more
Even Foresighted Politicians Face Pushback from State Wildlife Agencies Rigged in Favor of Trophy Hunters and Ranchers Washington Governor Jay Inslee flashed his animal-protection credentials in wading into the ongoing battle over wolf management, signaling to his state Department of Fish and Wildlife (Department), in not so many words, that it’s killing too many wolves … Read more
Press Release Inslee takes action after the state issues kill orders on a set of wolf packs who came into conflict with ranchers on public lands KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON — The Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness Action applauded Washington Governor Jay Inslee for writing to the Director of Fish and Wildlife and directing … Read more
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (“the Department”) has been allowing the baiting and killing of endangered wolves. It’s also allowing the baiting and hound hunting of black bears despite a voter-approved ballot measure that forbids these practices except in extreme circumstances. Department personnel will emphatically deny they are allowing baiting. But the facts, … Read more