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Defenders Receives Advocacy Organization of the Year Award
Defenders of Wildlife joined its partners in the Safe Passage coalition today to accept the Advocacy Organization of the Year Award at the 2026 Sweethearts
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Defenders Raises Alarm Over Administration’s Proposal to Amend Rule Protecting North Atlantic Right Whales From Deadly Vessel Strikes
Defenders of Wildlife is devastated to learn that a three-year-old female North Atlantic right whale was found dead off Virginia on February 10, 2026. This
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Defenders Stands Against Rejection of Bison Grazing Lands
Defenders of Wildlife is joining conservation group American Prairie in protesting a proposal by the Bureau of Land Management to revoke a decision allowing bison
Press Releases
Defenders of Wildlife Launches Sea Otter Educational Unit
For Immediate Release September 23, 2014 Contact: Courtney Sexton, 202.772.0253, csexton@defenders.org Defenders of Wildlife Launches Sea Otter Educational Unit Group kicks off Sea Otter Awareness
New Report Highlights Ten American Species Our Children May Never See
Washington, D.C. – Our children are less likely to see monarch butterflies, bumble bees, and a host of other once-common wildlife species due to farm
Lawsuit Launched to Restore Endangered Species Protections to Arizona’s Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
For Immediate Release September 22, 2014 Contacts: Noah Greenwald, Center for Biological Diversity, (503) 484-7495 Courtney Sexton, Defenders of Wildlife, (202) 772-0253, csexton@defenders.org Lawsuit Launched
Senators Portman and Brown Champion Bi-partisan Conservation in Senate by Honoring Passenger Pigeon Extinction Anniversary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 19, 2014 Contact: Melanie Gade; mgade@defenders.org; (202) 772-0288 Senators Portman and Brown Champion Bi-partisan Conservation in Senate by Honoring Passenger Pigeon
Blaine County Says No More Wolf Killing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: September 16, 2014 Contact: Suzanne Stone: sstone@defenders.org; (208) 861-4655 Melanie Gade: mgade@defenders.org (202) 772-0288 Blaine County Says No More Wolf Killing
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