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WWA in the news
13Jul
URGENT: Wyoming Residents – Comments Needed
Bear spray saves lives! Act to keep grizzly bears and hunters safer! What: One leading cause of grizzly bear mortality comes from conflicts with elk hunters. Attend a Wyoming Game Commission hearing to support a citizen petition that requests that hunters be required to carry non-lethal bear spray. Bear spray also keeps people safer than […]
18Jun
New Billboard in Cody Highlights Wyoming’s Mistreatment of Wolves
CODY, Wyoming, (June 18, 2019)—Funded by Wyoming Wildlife Advocates’ supporters, a new billboard in Cody, Wyoming, aims to educate the public about Wyoming’s outdated and anachronistic wolf management policies. The billboard features a wolf pup with the tagline, “Odds are this wolf pup won’t live to see her first birthday.” Almost half of the wolves […]
30May
Updated 2019 Chronic Wasting Disease Maps Released by WWA and Sierra Club
For Immediate Release May 29, 2019 Contact: Lloyd Dorsey, Sierra Club Wyoming Chapter, 307-690-1967 lloyd.dorsey@sierraclub.org Kristin Combs, Wyoming Wildlife Advocates, 307-413-4116 Kristin@wyomingwildlifeadvocates.org Maps Show Continued Rapid Expansion of Chronic Wasting Disease in Deer and Elk Areas Across Wyoming Conservationists urge prompt action to restore healthy wildlife Jackson Hole, WY – Chronic wasting disease (CWD), a […]
22May
Idaho Game and Fish Commission Denies Bear Spray Petition
Wyoming Wildlife Advocates and our conservation partners received a formal denial of our petition to require hunters to carry bear spray in known grizzly bear territory from the Idaho Fish and Game (IDFG) Commission. Reasons cited included the requirement is “not warranted for every hunter,” and that it would “create a burdensome regulation, and is […]
16Apr
WWA Recipient of Pearl Street Bagels Donation Tuesdays Today!
If the gray skies and cold temps have you feeling a lot like this grizzly, hop on over to Pearl Street Bagels today (April 16) to support wildlife. Ten percent of all sales at both stores go to WWA. You get a warm beverage (which makes anyone feel better) a delicious bagel, or salad AND […]
05Apr
WWA and Other Groups Petition WY and ID to Require Hunters to Carry Bear Spray
For Immediate Release, April 4, 2019 Contacts: Diane Summers, The Humane Society of the United States, (301) 721-6421, ashapiro@humanesociety.org Bonnie Rice, Sierra Club, (406) 640-2857, bonnie.rice@sierraclub.org Collette Adkins, Center for Biological Diversity, (651) 955-3821, cadkins@biologicaldiversity.org Taylor Jones, WildEarth Guardians, (720) 443-2615, tjones@wildearthguardians.org Kristin Combs, Wyoming Wildlife Advocates, (307) 413-4116, kristin@wyowild.org Josh Osher, Western Watersheds Project, […]
04Mar
Yellowstone Grizzlies Under Attack Again
Our March newsletter has information about grizzlies, wolves, and a great new book about conflict prevention with grizzlies in Montana.
20Feb
WWA One of Groups Challenging New Law Allowing Wyoming to OK Grizzly Bear Hunts
New State Law Ignores Federal Court Ruling, Enables Grizzly Hunts CHEYENNE, Wyo.— Conservation groups today filed a notice of intent to sue over a new state law that would give the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission authority to manage grizzlies, including the authorization of a hunting season as early as this spring. “This is an […]
09Aug
Wild Success: An Amazing Year So Far, Critical Work Ahead
While 2018 is far from over, Wyoming Wildlife Advocates already has many exciting accomplishments this year! As a nonprofit conservation organization, all of our efforts are made possible by the generosity of supporters. It’s the support of our donors that empowers us to continue fighting to protect Wyoming’s most vulnerable habitats and species. Click here […]
13Jul
URGENT: Wyoming Residents – Comments Needed
Bear spray saves lives! Act to keep grizzly bears and hunters safer! What: One leading cause of grizzly bear mortality comes from conflicts with elk hunters. Attend a Wyoming Game Commission hearing to support a citizen petition that requests that hunters be required to carry non-lethal bear spray. Bear spray also keeps people safer than […]