BOISE, IDAHO – A set of wildlife and animal welfare groups, including Animal Wellness Action, the Idaho Conservation League, and ZooMontana, called on National Park Service Director Charles Sams to work with Interior Secretary Haaland to issue an emergency listing of wolves under the Endangered Species Act in response to the immense toll taken on … Read more
Saving Wolves
Legal Challenge That Stayed Hunt Now to Continue Beyond the February End-Date for Wolf Hunting MADISON, WISCONSIN – Judge Jacob B. Frost and plaintiffs and defendants have agreed to a briefing schedule over the next few months to allow for a final order in a case brought to oppose the fall 2021 wolf hunting season. … Read more
If Any Appeals Are Denied, Decision Could Spare Hundreds of Wolves There hasn’t been much good news for wolves in 2021 – until now. On Friday night, October 22nd, a Wisconsin judge issued, according to a description from a state assistant attorney general, a “dramatic decision” that blocks the state’s plan to turn hunters loose on … Read more
Madison, WI. — Today lawyers for Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf and Wildlife, Project Coyote and Wisconsin resident Pat Clark filed new motions with the Dane County Circuit Court in their ongoing challenge to Wisconsin’s disastrous decision-making on wolf management. In August, the groups filed a … Read more
The Biden Administration is fiddling while wolves die. Yesterday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced a “status review” would proceed in response to two petitions for emergency listing of wolves in the West – including one joined by Animal Wellness Actioin and the Center for a Humane Economy. The petitions were spurred by … Read more
Press Release For Immediate Release: Contact: Paul Collins, 608.566.9850, paul@animalwellnessaction.orgMelissa Smith, 608.234.8860, msmith@wiwolvesandwildlife.orgMichelle Lute, 406.848.4910, mlute@projectcoyote.org Madison, WI. — Today Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf and Wildlife, and Project Coyote sued the state of Wisconsin over its reckless and politically motivated decision to authorize a quota … Read more
We need your help to protect these apex predators from being wiped out once again! Add your name to the letter we’re sending Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and urge to reinstate ESA protections for wolves! Take Action – CLICK HERE A small segment of Americans nearly wiped out wolves from the lower 48 states in … Read more
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
The Packs are Under Siege in America 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 … 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 … Read more