Just last month we shared the exciting news that H.R.8492, the Prohibit Wildlife Killing Contests Act of 2024, sponsored by Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), was introduced in the House of Representatives. This act would prohibit wildlife killing contests on more than 500 million acres of U.S. public lands!
Currently, mountain lions across Texas are hunted and trapped year-round without any limits, seasons, reporting, or management restrictions. This month, for the first time, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will consider reforms to regulations related to mountain lion hunting and trapping.
A young wolf’s torture and death in Wyoming has sparked national outrage. we’ve set up this Action Page to channel your voices into collective action, so that this wolf may live on in the calls for justice, and inspire fundamental and systemic change for the lives of all wolves.
Join us to demand justice for this wolf and all wild wolves. Like many of you, we’ve been distraught over the Wyoming wolf incident that has made national headlines over the last few weeks.
We are excited to once again partner with the Great Lakes Wildlife Alliance, Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf and Wildlife, Animal Wellness Action, Global Alliance for The Rights of Nature, and the Ho-Chunk Nation in co-hosting Wildlife Day.
We have an opportunity to ban killing contests in New Jersey this legislative session but we need your help. Assemblyman Reginald Atkins, Assemblywoman Carol Murphy, and Senator Nilsa Cruz-Perez introduced S2754/A1142 to prohibit contests across the state.