Tag: wolves
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Another Petition, Please sign before Monday 08/28/2017!
WildEarth Guardians @wildearthguard Last chance! Sign our citizens’ comment letter in support of lobos by Monday, 8/28! http://guardiansaction.org/lobo-recovery-plan … 6:53 PM – 26 Aug 2017 1 reply 30 retweets 18 likes
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Bobcats, cougars, and coyotes get a stay of execution in Nevada
Wildlife Services will stop killing predators in Nevada’s wilderness areas, thanks to a lawsuit by Rachel Becker Oct 14, 2016, 6:13p http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/14/13290024/wildlife-services-kill-animals-predators-lawsuit-settlement-nevada An under-the-radar court settlement could help curb mass-killing of wildlife by the United States government. Under the settlement, which was approved last week by a Nevada federal court, a division of the US…
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The Atlantic: A New Origin Story for Dogs
Katie Salvi Like The Atlantic? Subscribe to the Daily, our weekday-afternoon email digest of ideas, arguments, and other coverage. http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/06/the-origin-of-dogs/484976/ Tens of thousands of years ago, before the internet, before the Industrial Revolution, before literature and mathematics, bronze and iron, before the advent of agriculture, early humans formed an unlikely partnership with another animal—the grey…
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Grey Wolves and the ESA, What’s Next?
Originally posted on Wolves and Writing: The recent news that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has halted their plans to remove the grey wolf from the Endangered Species Act (ESA) imparts a feeling of guarded hope. Defenders of Wildlife Why the indefinite delay was ordered is unclear, but perhaps the pressure exerted by the…