Court reinstates rules to protect right whales from fishing gear
A federal appeals court is reinstating rules designed to protect a vanishing whale species from entanglement in fishing gear.
The world wildlife trade regulator is 50 – here’s what has worked and what needs to change
A global convention to control wildlife trade across 184 countries has encouraged conservation action but hasn’t entirely ...
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Authorities catch man attempting to smuggle bizarre item through airport: 'A serious violation of wildlife and customs laws'
Authorities said it was believed to belong to a protected species, though they didn’t specify which one. Authorities catch ...
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Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission Approves New Wildlife and Maritime Safety Regulations
Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission approves rules affecting wildlife commercialization, fish imports, and vessel safety ...
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For the love of wildlife, trapping must be reformed
Global wildlife populations have declined 73% over the past 50 years. Grief is both a valid and necessary reaction to that astounding tragedy. But that loss also ...
In the era of Donald Trump and wildfires, do environmental rules even matter? | Opinion
Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat and the former mayor of San Francisco, America’s liberal center, has waived environmental ...
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Vietnam grapples with ‘alarming popularity’ of online illegal wildlife trade
A new investigation by wildlife trade monitoring group TRAFFIC has uncovered an “alarming” slew of online adverts offering ...
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TWRA Commission Approves Rules At January Meeting
The Tennessee Highway Patrol responded on Monday to an unusual call on Interstate 81 in Sullivan County. While handling a routine matter, troopers encountered a stranded Great Horned Owl on the ...
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WA Fish and Wildlife Commission has its problems, but we should keep it
The commission structure works in most states. What is missing in Washington are guardrails for Washington Fish and Wildlife Commissioners' behavior.
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Maine airports seek exemption from wildlife protection laws
Maine wildlife officials and advocates have come ... Trump administration appears likely to weaken federal environmental laws and as an accelerating extinction rate is raising the risk of ...