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Ethics
13Aug
399 and Cubs Need Your Help
DON’T FEED THE BEARS! The most famous bear in the world, Grizzly 399, is once again outside of the park boundaries. She needs your help to keep her and the four cubs safe. Grizzly 399 is smart and can find her way around human dominated landscapes quite well, however, if she begins to rely on […]
13May
Wyoming Wildlife Services Continues Status Quo
In response to legal actions taken by environmental groups, Wyoming Wildlife Services (WY-WS) was responsible for completing an environmental assessment of their predator management actions – known as predator damage management (PDM). Wyoming Wildlife Services had four alternatives they put forth and collected public comments for 30 days. Predictably, they chose the alternative that kept […]
27Apr
Wildlife Killing Contests Unfortunately Common in Wyoming
Ask any person on the street what a wildlife killing contest (WKC) is and they will likely tell you they’ve never heard of one. However, many of these horrific events where people compete to win prizes and cash by killing the most of a species are held annually in Wyoming. Now banned or limited in […]
25Jan
Callous Attitude Toward Wildlife Pervasive Among WY Elected and Appointed Decision Makers
Recently, a supporter sent an email to Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon inquiring with him about how he feels about people running over coyotes with snowmobiles and the Wyoming Best of the Best killing contests being held in the state. The response he received from Governor Gordon’s Natural Resource and Agriculture Advisor, Joe Budd, was this: […]
08Jan
WWA Featured on the Trip Outside Podcast
We were honored to be invited as a guest on the Trip Outside podcast. Listen in for more information about wolves, grizzlies, and elk in Wyoming and how recreationalists can be our strongest conservationists if we all are willing to think about preserving nature even if that means setting aside our own desires to go […]
29Oct
Wolves No Longer Protected by ESA in Lower 48
Today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the removal of gray wolves from the Endangered Species List. This applies to all wolves within the lower 48 except for the few Mexican Wolves in Arizona and New Mexico. The rule, proposed last year, outraged Americans, with approximately 1.8 million comments submitted by the public opposing […]
06Feb
WRATH Returns to Jackson This Saturday
Join the Worldwide Rally Against Trophy Hunting and speak out against the senseless slaughter of wildlife! Last year we held the first-ever protest against trophy hunting in Wyoming. This year, we continue the tradition of telling the world that we won’t stand for the needless killing of our grizzlies, wolves, foxes, coyotes, and other treasured […]
01Nov
Governor’s Rhetoric Ignores the Value of Wolves and Grizzlies to Wyoming’s Economy
Wyoming Wildlife Advocates (WWA) condemns Governor Gordon’s recent remarks disparaging and politicizing grizzly bears and wolves during a recent speech to the Park County Farm Bureau Federation in Powell. His rhetoric flies in the face of current economic realities in Wyoming. Gordon committed his administration to working “very hard” to make sure the state’s efforts […]
12Sep
Twenty-two Wolves Already Killed in 2019
Our latest newsletter highlights the current situation in Wyoming wherein 22 wolves have already been killed this year in the state. Hunting season started September 1 and within the first few days, hunt area 1 outside of Yellowstone National Park had nearly met its full quota of four wolves. This leaves us wondering if any […]
20Feb
Idaho Wolves Need Your Voice Now
The state of Idaho is at it again. Looking for more ways to kill wolves and reduce the population. While at the same time, giving out bounties for people who kill wolves. The state uses inconsistent and questionable population estimates and wants to reduce the entire wolf population to 500, down from 1,300. The state […]