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2010.12.30 - Mexican gray wolf standing in snow - gnagel - iStock Photo.jpg
Washington, D.C.

Trump Administration Executive Order Targets Wolves to Appease Ranchers

Under the guise of supporting ranchers from livestock loss due to predation, the Trump administration issued an EO targeting gray wolves and Mexican wolves.
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Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle is on his way home after being released from a cold-stun rehab center.
New Orleans, LA

Defenders Celebrates U.S. Appeals Court Ruling to Protect Imperiled Sea Turtles from Drowning in Fishing Nets

A federal appeals court upheld the rule requiring shrimp trawling vessels to use turtle excluder devices so that sea turtles can avoid getting caught in nets.
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pale gray north atlantic right whale swimming in dark blue ocean with an entangled string wrapped around the top of its head and seen underneath it's lower body
Washington, DC

House Gambles with Survival for North Atlantic Right Whales in Latest Vote to Delay Protections

The House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 9436, a bill that will delay conservation protections for critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.

Press Releases

Defenders of Wildlife Sounds Alarm on Greater Yellowstone Grizzly Delisting Process

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jennifer Witherspoon, jwitherspoon@defenders.org (202)772-0269 Date: September 6, 2016 Washington – Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) reopened the public

Defenders Encouraged by Efforts of Fish and Wildlife Service to Address ESA Backlog

Media Contact: Jared Saylor: choffman@defenders.org or 202 772 3255 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 1, 2016 Defenders Encouraged by Efforts of Fish and Wildlife Service to

State and Feds Agree to Protect the Salton Sea

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Garrison Frost, Audubon California, (415) 644-4604, gfrost@audubon.org Marta Stoepker, (313) 977-0054, Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign 313.977.0054 Catalina Tresky, Defenders of
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close up of Red Wolf walking in Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge

New Poll Reveals Statewide Support for Red Wolf Recovery in North Carolina

Contact: Haley McKey 202-772-0247 hmckey@defenders.org New Poll Reveals Statewide Support for Red Wolf Recovery in North Carolina WASHINGTON (August 30, 2016) – A strong majority

Defenders’ Official Position on the Authorization for Removal of Profanity Peak Pack

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 25, 2016 Media contact: Catalina Tresky: ctresky@defenders.org or (202) 772-0253 Defenders’ Official Position on the Authorization for Removal of Profanity Peak
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