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From Daniel to D.C. – Working to End Cruelty to Wildlife
Wyoming Wildlife Advocates & Jackson Hole Bear Solutions HOGS FOR HOPE ROLLS INTO DANIEL AND CONCLUDES IN GATHERING IN JACKSON America’s Outlaw Dog Trainer Jonas Black Joins Concerned Citizens Fundraiser and rally Hogs for Hope rolled into Daniel, Wyoming on Sunday, May 26. The event was peaceful and was a gathering of many people passionate about wildlife. […]
During Budget Session, Urge Legislators to Stop Wasting Money
Wyoming Wildlife Advocates & Jackson Hole Bear Solutions STATE OF WYOMING CONTINUES TO SPEND MONEY TO KILL COYOTES, WOLVES, RAVENS, AND OTHER NATIVE SPECIES During Budget Session, Tell Legislators to Stop Funding Useless Efforts What does the state of Wyoming do if they can’t control the weather? Kill. Wyoming has ramped up efforts this year to kill […]
Wolves not Listed under the ESA
Wyoming Wildlife Advocates & Jackson Hole Bear Solutions USFWS DECIDES NOT TO PROTECT NORTHERN ROCKIES WOLVES Wolves Will Remain Subjected to Hunting, Trapping, and Snaring Throughout Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming The US Fish and Wildlife Service published their findings of the status assessment for wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains today, Friday, February 2, 2024. The review […]
WWA Spearheads Efforts to Require Bear ID Courses in Wyoming and Idaho
JACKSON, Wyo.— Nine conservation organizations sent letters today urging the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and Idaho Department of Fish and Game to require black bear hunters to take a bear identification course before getting a hunting license. Hunters continue to kill grizzlies, claiming they thought they were black bears. In May a man shot […]
21Dec
AmeriCorps Member Spotlight – Grant Gallaher
We can’t begin to thank Grant Gallaher enough for his service to WWA this fall. Grant was with us from August through December and has even agreed to help out with the event we have on January 2 at the National Museum of Wildlife Art (NMWA) to roll out our Spanish edition of our wildly […]
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: […]
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 […]
18Jun
Wyoming Wildlife Advocates Highlights the Economic Importance of LIVE Wildlife to Wyoming with New Billboard
CODY, Wyoming, (June 22, 2020)— Wyoming Wildlife Advocates’ latest billboard in Cody features a photo of a grizzly with the words, “Live wildlife brings JOBS to Wyoming. Our economy needs GRIZZLIES now more than ever!” The billboard will be in place throughout the summer season and into the fall. With COVID-19 a predominant factor in […]
We’re Taking the Forest Service to Court – Again
In a lawsuit filed in District Court today, a coalition of conservation groups allege that, contrary to explicit direction in 2018 to the United States Forest Service from the United States District Court of Wyoming, the Forest Service is permitting continued winter elk feeding at the Alkali Creek feedground in the Gros Ventre drainage without […]