Center for Biological Diversity

  • The Dept of Interior Bans M-44s or Cyanide Bombs On BLM Lands

    George Wuerthner

    Coyotes are the prime target of M-44s, but numerous other wildlife and pets are also killed by these devices. Photo George Wuerthner Today, the Biden Administration’s Department of Interior has formally banned M-44 or what are known as cyanide bombs, from 245 million acres of Bureau of Land Management federal lands. M-44 are spring-loaded ejectors…

  • Lawsuit Launched to Strengthen Protections for Gunnison Sage Grouse

    Press Release

    Down to 7 Percent of Historic Range and Declining, Grouse Needs Stronger Federal Protection WASHINGTON— Conservation groups today filed a formal notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over its decision to designate the Gunnison sage grouse as a “threatened” rather than “endangered” species under the Endangered Species Act. The agency’s…

  • Oregon Wolves Earn Reprieve as Hunt Halted

    Ralph Maughan

    Wildlife advocates celebrate short-term victory for endangered wolves- A temporary victory for the Imnaha Pack. News release from the plaintiffs. – – – – – – – – – – I borrowed the info below from email. It is a news summary from Oregon on the lawsuit (before the reprieve). Here are the other press…

  • Interview: “Predatory Bureaucracy” author Michael J. Robinson

    Ralph Maughan

    Howl Colorado.org gets a very interesting and important interview- If you are interested in the politics and history of government animal killing for the livestock industry, Robinson’s book, Predatory Bureaucracy is a must. I think this interview with its author is too. Also, interviews are easier to digest than a grim journey through a long…

  • Who's Afraid of…

    Ralph Maughan

    On the Mexican wolf recovery program- “The [Mexican] wolves will go extinct,” Michael Robinson, conservation advocate with the nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity, says. “If the program is continued exactly the way it is now, these wolves will go extinct.” – – – – – In my view the federal government’s Mexican Wolf Recovery program…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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