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In a Gift to Industry, The Trump Administration Eliminates Protections for Threatened Species and Essential Habitat
In a devastating blow to wildlife, the Trump administration today finalized rollbacks of two regulations implementing the Endangered Species Act that will hamstring the protection and recovery of endangered and threatened species.
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More Red Wolf Pups Shows Promising Growth for Critically Endangered Canid
The Red Wolf Recovery Program in North Carolina confirmed the birth of four wild litters of Red Wolf pups in eastern North Carolina, home to the only population of wild Red Wolves in the world.
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Defenders Calls Foul on Latest Bill Seeking to Delay Protections for the Critically Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale
Defenders of Wildlife condemns HR 9436, which would delay right whale protections until 2035, as entanglements push the species toward extinction.
Press Releases
Defenders of Wildlife Cautiously Hails BLM’s Renewable Energy and Land Conservation Plan for the California Desert
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 10, 2015 Contact: Catalina Tresky: ctresky@defenders.org ; (202) 772-0253 Defenders of Wildlife Cautiously Hails BLM’s Renewable Energy and Land Conservation Plan
Conservationists Criticize Precedent Setting State Wolf Delisting
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 9, 2015 Melanie Gade: mgade@defenders.org ; (202) 772-0288 Conservationists Criticize Precedent Setting State Wolf Delisting SALEM, Ore. – Defenders of Wildlife
Defenders of Wildlife Hails President Obama’s Rejection of the Keystone Pipeline
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 6, 2015 Contact: Catalina Tresky: ctresky@defenders.org ; (202) 772-0253 Defenders of Wildlife Hails President Obama’s Rejection of the Keystone Pipeline WASHINGTON
Trans-Pacific Partnership Falls Short for Wildlife
Press Contact: Haley McKey, 202-772-0247, hmckey@defenders.org Washington (November 5, 2015)– The New Zealand government has released the details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a massive trade
25 Senators, Led by Booker and Boxer, Tell Administration to “Veto Extinction”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 5, 2015 Contact: Melanie Gade: mgade@defenders.org (202) 772-0288 25 Senators, Led by Booker and Boxer, Tell Administration to “Veto Extinction” WASHINGTON
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