A report in The Intercept was published this week detailing three years of investigative work by Western Watersheds Project in coordination with an agency whistleblower, uncovering systemic fraud and corruption by the federal Wildlife Services program, of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Join our #ProtectAmericasWolves advocacy campaign and take weekly targeted actions to increase public pressure on our representatives, and demand the wolves of the Northern Rockies be relisted as endangered before it’s too late.
Calls for a ban escalate as controversial hunting contests kill more than 60,000 animals a year. Hunting competitions to kill wild animals such as coyotes, bobcats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes for money and prizes are increasingly controversial. Eight states have outlawed them, and legislation introduced recently in Congress aims to ban them on public lands.
Speak up before May 16 to comment on the Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Plan!
In the midst of catastrophic biodiversity collapse and the climate crisis, Wildlife Services, a federal program within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, killed over 1.76 million animals last year, including more than 400,000 native animals.