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Wildlife Refuges
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 […]
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 […]
22Dec
Advocates: Wolves Could Help Stave Off Disease in Elk, Deer
We were recently interviewed by Public News Service in response to an elk being found to test positive for CWD in Grand Teton National Park. What the state of Wyoming is missing here is that they are ignoring a tool that could prove very effective in the fight against CWD: wolves. Read the full news […]
18Dec
CWD FOUND IN AN ELK IN GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK
BREAKING NEWS: CWD FOUND IN AN ELK IN GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK In 2018 a mule deer was found in Grand Teton National Park that tested positive with CWD but this is the first elk to test positive within the park. Most of the elk within GTNP winter on the National Elk Refuge or on […]
04Dec
UW Branding Iron Article Highlights CWD
Article by Mackenzie Thomas Elk feedlots, while typically known to expedite the spread of many diseases like hoof rot or brucellosis, are currently a ticking time bomb for ‘zombie deer disease’ also known as chronic wasting disease. The disease has been found in Wyoming deer and elk for upwards of thirty years. “When chronic wasting […]
27Nov
Wolves and Grizzlies Need You! – #GivingTuesday for Native Carnivores
We fight hard, both in and out of court, for our native wildlife but can’t do it without support from you. Wolves and grizzlies are dying in Wyoming right now. So far in Wyoming in 2019, 27 grizzlies and 57 wolves have been killed by humans. These important keystone species need protection and we are […]
27Nov
Wyoming’s winter elk feeding could spread ‘zombie deer disease,’ experts fear
DENVER, Nov. 27 (UPI) — Wyoming’s National Elk Reserve could become a toxic “biological Superfund site” polluted by deadly prions that cause chronic wasting disease, if wildlife officials keep feeding thousands of elk every winter, wildlife conservationists say. The concentration of large numbers of elk over the winter may accelerate the spread of the incurable […]
08Nov
Conservation Groups Object to Forest Service Proposal to Extend Elk Feeding Despite Court Order
Winter feeding at Alkali Creek must end because of disease concerns. Following a victory in a Wyoming court last September, four conservation organizations have told the Bridger-Teton Forest Officials that the Forest should not wait ten years, or even five years, to phase out winter feeding of elk at Alkali Creek in the Gros Ventre […]
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 […]