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Up to a third of Wisconsin's gray wolves may have been killed following their removal from the endangered species list. A University of Wisconsin-Madison study estimates that 313 to 323 wolves were likely killed...

Wolves, a controversial animal in western states, have just been given a death warrant in Idaho. Last week, the Idaho Senate approved a plan to kill up to 90% of the state’s wolves.[...]

On Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to ban the killing of wildlife in contests. This makes Washington the seventh state to ban such contests with the aim to conserve wildlife. Washington...

Failure to protect fragile moors habitat fans doubts about the government’s green credentials

Washington’s wolf population has dropped to 122 after a pack of four were killed by state hunters on August 16 near a ranch in rural Ferry County. The incident has environmentalists up in arms as they believe the deaths...

Iceland has just approved the killing of 2,000 whales over the course of the next five years. The country's government is allowing whaling companies to slaughter 217 minke and 209 fin whales per year until 2025, sparking...

The eastern puma, which used to range from Quebec and Manitoba to South Carolina and Illinois, is now officially extinct, said Officials with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service...

The hunt for grizzlies in Yellowstone National Park is officially over. This week, a judge ordered that all grizzly bears living in or near the park to be put back on the list of endangered species. The ruling stops the attempts...

This week, a U.S. judge will hear the arguments presented by Native American tribes and animal activists for the protection of recently demoted Yellowstone-area grizzly bears from the endangered list. The removal of the grizzlies'...

A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request has revealed that the U.S. government has issued over three dozen permits allowing trophy parts hunted from lions to be brought back into the United States from Africa. Despite...

Grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park are in danger as Wyoming opens up its first bear hunt since the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973. Wildlife conservationists working alongside famed animal rights champion...

Donald Trump's administration is angling to amend hunting regulations for national preserves in Alaska, and not for the better. Announced this week, the proposed changes would reverse Obama-era rules that forbid hunting...

A new federal advisory board commissioned to rewrite rules governing the import of hunted animal trophies has been packed by President Trump with big-game trophy hunters...

The Trump Administration has decided to quietly reverse its ban of imported elephant trophies, stating the issue should be decided on a "case-by-case basis." In November 2017, President Trump publicly opposed the Fish and...

The Trump Administration has decided to quietly reverse its ban of imported elephant trophies, instead stating the issue should be decided on a "case-by-case basis." In November 2017, President Trump decided to publicly oppose...