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August 30, 2024 at 12:03 AM

Wolf puppy love

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1260, August 29, 2024 Wild Weeks for Colorado’s Wolf Pack Less than a year after gray wolves were reintroduced to Colorado, new video footage shows three healthy wolf pups and one adult: Colorado’s first homegrown wolf family, th…

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August 27, 2024 at 11:32 AM

We just sued to protect jaguars

Endangered Earth Jaguar habitat must not be paved over.               Give Now » Hi John, Only eight jaguars have been seen in the United States in the past 20 years. But now the U.S. Forest Service wants to slash t…

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August 22, 2024 at 9:04 PM

A tough spot for spotted cats and owls

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1259, August 22, 2024 Suit Defends Jaguars and Owls From New Roads The Center for Biological Diversity and allies just sued the U.S. Forest Service over its plan to build new roads and let more traffic through three sensitive can…

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August 20, 2024 at 11:33 AM

Help keep Hope and her partner safe in the wild

Endangered Earth A plan to relocate a pack of Mexican gray wolves must be stopped.               Give Now » Hi John, A Mexican gray wolf named Hope followed her instincts to roam — to a place where she could form a …

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August 16, 2024 at 3:06 PM

Hellbenders need protection

We can't let these amazing aquatic salamanders keep spiraling toward extinction.  John, Hellbenders need help. Also called “mountain alligators” or “snot otters,” these unique aquatic salamanders have recently declined by more than 80% and face ever-increasing threats.  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife…

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August 15, 2024 at 9:03 PM

Chart a course to safer seas

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1258, August 15, 2024  Suit Seeks to Protect Marine Mammals From Fishing Gear The Center for Biological Diversity and allies just sued NOAA Fisheries for violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act — in particular, failing to car…

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August 13, 2024 at 11:32 AM

Manchin, Graham dooming right whales to extinction

Endangered Earth North Atlantic right whales are among the most endangered whales.               Give Now » Hi John, Senators Joe Manchin and Lindsey Graham share a common goal: making North Atlantic right whales ex…

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August 9, 2024 at 6:06 PM

Painted bats belong alive in the wild — not dead on walls

Tell Amazon, Etsy, and eBay to stop selling painted bats.  John, Whether they’re sold pinned in display cases or crammed into tiny fake coffins, painted woolly bats are collected from the wild to be killed, stuffed, and hung on walls thousands of miles from their homes.   The United States is the …

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August 8, 2024 at 9:03 PM

Winning against the real pest: pesticides

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1257, August 8, 2024  Win Helps Protect Millions of Acres From Pesticides The Center for Biological Diversity and allies just won a lawsuit against a federal program allowing insecticide spraying on millions of acres in 17 wes…

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August 6, 2024 at 11:32 AM

Another rise in Montana’s wolf-killing

Endangered Earth We're in court to save wolves in the northern Rockies.               Give Now » Hi John, The final death toll of wolves from Montana's last hunting season is in, and it's heartbreaking. Last year 28…

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August 2, 2024 at 3:18 PM

Save the Permian Basin's endangered species

Tell wildlife officials to save these animals’ home before it’s too late.  John,  The Permian Basin harbors three of the United States’ most endangered animals: lesser prairie chickens, dunes sagebrush lizards, and freshwater mussels called Texas hornshells. Decades of relentless oil drilling — pl…

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August 1, 2024 at 7:57 PM

Don’t let this terminal terminate Rice’s whales

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1256, August 1, 2024  Speak Up to Protect Gulf Coast Endangered SpeciesThe U.S. Maritime Administration could soon greenlight Texas GulfLink, a dangerous deepwater crude oil export terminal that's one of 20 new fossil fuel exp…

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July 30, 2024 at 11:32 AM

13 Yellowstone wolves killed, 3 packs destroyed

Endangered Earth Wolves in the northern Rockies must be protected.               Give Now » Hi John, Thirteen Yellowstone wolves were killed during the last hunting season — almost all in Montana. Wolf-hunting in Mo…

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July 26, 2024 at 3:26 PM

Help save whales from deadly ship strikes

Endangered North Atlantic right whales are suffering. It's time to slow down vessels in their habitat.   John,  North Atlantic right whales are one of the world's most endangered whale species. More than 140 of them have been killed or injured since 2017 — and now just 360 cling to survival. With…

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July 25, 2024 at 8:18 PM

Vaquitas need a sea change (and your help)

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1255, July 25, 2024  Time’s Almost Up for Vaquitas  This week the World Heritage Committee — part of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization — is again demanding urgent action to protect critically …

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July 23, 2024 at 11:33 AM

Urgent: Montana wants 334 wolves killed

Endangered Earth State-sponsored wolf killing must end.               Give Now » Hi John, Montana is doubling down on wolf-killing. A new state proposal would allow 334 wolves to be killed in the upcoming season — 2…

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July 19, 2024 at 3:39 PM

Help save vanishing wetlands and their wildlife

Wetlands in the United States are disappearing — help save them.  John, Marshes, wet meadows, swamps, and other wetlands in the United States need help.  According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, half of wetlands in the lower 48 states — an area about the size of Yellowstone — have disappea…

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July 18, 2024 at 8:47 PM

Belugas before Big Oil

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1254, July 18, 2024  Court Reverses Oil Lease Sale Threatening Belugas  The Center for Biological Diversity and allies are celebrating a major legal win this week: In response to our lawsuit, a judge just overturned an offshore…

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July 17, 2024 at 11:34 AM

Keep Amboseli elephants wild, not as trophies

Endangered Earth The U.S. must ban all trophy hunt imports.               Give Now » Hi John, For 30 years Amboseli elephants — the longest-studied elephant population — were safe from trophy hunting. But in the pas…

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July 16, 2024 at 2:45 PM

We’ve been nominated

Help us win the Charity Navigator Community Choice Award.  John,  We’re thrilled to let you know that the Center for Biological Diversity has been nominated for the Charity Navigator Community Choice Awards, empowering supporters to recognize and celebrate the exceptional work of top-rated charitie…

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July 12, 2024 at 6:49 PM

Protect beloved Amboseli elephants

Ban elephant trophy imports from entering the United States.  John,  The Amboseli-West Kilimanjaro elephants are a beloved and intensively studied population that range between Kenya and Tanzania. For 30 years these famed cross-border elephants have been safe from trophy hunters — but not anymore…

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July 11, 2024 at 7:55 PM

Dive into the fight for fresh water

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1253, July 11, 2024  A Fresh Look at Our Work to Save Freshwater Systems  Streams, rivers, and wetlands are in trouble across the United States. The lower 48 states alone have lost 50% of wetlands since the 1780s, and the rate…

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July 9, 2024 at 11:32 AM

Park Service takes aim at wolves, bears

Endangered Earth Alaska's wildlife faces a horrific threat.               Give Now » Hi John, The National Park Service just sold out wildlife in Alaska. It's insisting on letting sport hunters trap and kill wolf pu…

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July 5, 2024 at 6:32 PM

Winning for the woods

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1252, July 5, 2024   Forest Wins in the Northwest and Southeast This week the Center for Biological Diversity celebrated two big wins for forest protection.    In Oregon the clearcutting of old growth by Scott Timber was nixed …

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July 2, 2024 at 11:33 AM

Congress wants wolves hunted, snared

Endangered Earth Gray wolves would lose protection if a new bill is passed.               Give Now » Hi John, The most extreme anti-wildlife funding bill ever written was just put forward in Congress. In addition to…

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June 28, 2024 at 3:08 PM

Save people from deadly heat and smoke

Extreme heat and wildfire smoke harm life on Earth. Urge FEMA to classify them as major disasters.  John,  Last year record-breaking heatwaves and toxic wildfires devastated U.S. cities and ecosystems. More than 2,300 people died heat-related deaths. Thousands more suffered from respiratory distre…

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June 27, 2024 at 10:33 PM

Protect marine life from another drilling disaster

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1251, June 27, 2024 Save the Gulf From Another Oil Spill  In 2010 the BP Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded, killing 11 people and spewing about 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Thousands of animals — fr…

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June 25, 2024 at 11:33 AM

Help keep manatee calves alive

Endangered Earth Florida's manatees need more protection now.               Give Now » Hi John, Heartbreaking news: In Florida, more than 100 manatees under a year old have already died this year, on pace to nearly …

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June 24, 2024 at 7:07 PM

Save the Okefenokee

Tell the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect the Okefenokee Swamp for future generations.  John,  The Okefenokee is the wild heart of the Southeast.Safeguarding one of the world's largest intact freshwater ecosystems, the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is home to a huge diversity of anim…

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June 21, 2024 at 3:13 PM

Help ban this toxic pesticide

Tell the EPA to protect wildlife and people from a dangerous chemical.  John,  Once used in chemical warfare, organophosphates are potent neurotoxins now used as pesticides on the fruits, vegetables, and grains people eat. Although their intended target is insects, these pesticides are also highly …

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June 20, 2024 at 9:48 PM

Help us fight for your safety in extreme heat

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1250, June 20, 2024  FEMA Urged to Fund Response for Extreme Heat, Smoke  This week the Center for Biological Diversity led a multistate coalition of environmental, labor, and health groups in urging the Federal Emergency Manag…

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June 18, 2024 at 11:39 AM

Another California mountain lion found dead

Endangered Earth Vehicle strikes and rat poison are constant threats to pumas.               Give Now » Hi John, Early Saturday morning, a mountain lion was found dead in the far-right lane of the 101 Freeway in Sou…

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June 14, 2024 at 2:44 PM

Demand quieter oceans for starving orcas

Critically endangered Southern Resident orcas need your help.   John,  There are only 74 Southern Resident orcas left in the Pacific Northwest, and they are starving, struggling to catch enough food in an increasingly loud, overfished, and polluted ocean.  Take action for this critically endangere…

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June 13, 2024 at 7:44 PM

Take action for pelicans, alligators, fish, and people

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1249, June 13, 2024   Help Us Save Florida Wildlife From Toxic Algae  Lakes, rivers, springs, and estuaries in Florida suffer from blue-green algae blooms that often produce harmful substances called cyanotoxins. These toxins c…

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June 11, 2024 at 11:33 AM

The 74 Southern Resident orcas can't hear each other

Endangered Earth Noise pollution is a constant threat to starving whales.               Give Now » Hi John, Southern Resident orcas use distinct sounds to communicate. The clicks, whistles, and pulsed calls of orcas…

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June 7, 2024 at 3:38 PM

Endangered species deserve clean air

Save animals and plants on the brink from losing more ground in the face of air pollution.  John,  Air pollution is threatening the survival of many imperiled and endangered species. Pollution from fossil fuel power plants, fracking, and factories is taking a terrible toll on clean water and healthy…

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June 6, 2024 at 8:43 PM

Save endangered orcas from noise pollution

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1248, June 6, 2024  Demand Quieter Oceans for Southern Resident Orcas Southern Resident orcas are starving, struggling to catch enough food in an increasingly loud, overfished, and polluted ocean. With only 74 left, a single ca…

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June 4, 2024 at 3:15 PM

Protect vulnerable ancient wetlands

Tell the Forest Service to protect fens across our national forest lands.  John,  Fens are a rare type of peat-forming wetlands found on only a small portion of national forest lands in the U.S. Northeast, Great Lakes, and Rocky Mountains regions.   With the highest biodiversity of any wetland type…

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May 31, 2024 at 11:34 AM

Urgent: We're suing to halt this Arctic disaster

Endangered Earth All gifts by tonight will be matched.               Give Now » Hi John, Federal agencies sold out polar bears and some of the planet's rarest whales by greenlighting a massive fossil fuel project in…

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May 30, 2024 at 8:19 PM

Speak out against this elk-killing fence

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1247, May 30, 2024 Help Free Point Reyes Tule Elk Tule elk are majestic, highly social animals native to California — and were once hunted to the brink of extinction. Now Point Reyes National Seashore is the only national park…

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May 29, 2024 at 11:35 AM

Florida panthers move closer to extinction

Endangered Earth All gifts through May 31 will be matched.               Give Now » Hi John, A female panther was just killed in Collier County, Florida. She's the 14th of these highly endangered cats to die this ye…

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May 24, 2024 at 2:45 PM

Save this rare wildflower from mining

Tell the BLM to follow the law and protect endangered Tiehm’s buckwheat from destructive mining.  John,  Tiehm’s buckwheat grows in just one small area in Nevada. It nourishes a highly diverse pollinator community and is one of North America’s most endangered plants. This rare wildflower and its ha…

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May 23, 2024 at 8:47 PM

Help make sure dicamba dies

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1246, May 23, 2024  Take Action for Monarch Butterflies The Center for Biological Diversity and allies recently scored our second straight court win banning the use of the dangerous herbicide dicamba on genetically modified cotto…

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May 21, 2024 at 11:32 AM

Six orcas drowned by trawl nets

Endangered Earth Help us save marine wildlife in the Arctic.               Give Now » Hi John, Killer whales can grow up to 27 feet long and weigh 13,000 pounds. But even these powerful whales can't escape industria…

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May 17, 2024 at 12:03 PM

Help save these fancy dancers

Tell the Bureau of Land Management to protect greater sage grouse across their range.  John,  Every spring male sage grouse gather to strut their stuff in riveting mating rituals. Punctuating their displays with swishing, hooting and popping sounds, males bob their heads, fan their tail feathers, r…

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May 16, 2024 at 8:10 PM

Safeguard this magical Southeast swampland

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1245, May 16, 2024  Save the Okefenokee From a Devastating Mine The Okefenokee is the wild heart of the Southeast.   Safeguarding one of the world’s largest intact freshwater ecosystems, the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is…

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May 14, 2024 at 11:33 AM

Red wolf Muppet fatally struck by vehicle

Endangered Earth Wild red wolves urgently need our help.               Give Now » Hi John, Muppet, a red wolf under two years old, became a protector of his pack after his father was struck by a vehicle six months a…

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May 10, 2024 at 7:31 PM

Tell the U.S. gov: No more fossil fuels

There's no place for fossil fuels in a safe and healthy world.  John,  Fires, floods, extreme heat, severe storms and drought: The climate emergency is devastating the planet and harming wildlife like polar bears and Hawaiian monk seals. Even before any new project approvals, the United States is th…

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May 9, 2024 at 7:03 PM

Phalaropes in freefall: Save these tiny shorebirds

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1244, May 9, 2024 Back Our Petition for Wilson’s Phalaropes Water diversions and climate change are pushing Great Salt Lake and other saline lakes in the U.S. West toward ecological collapse. That threatens millions of birds who …

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May 7, 2024 at 11:33 AM

Congress sells out the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Endangered Earth You can double your gift for the wild today.               Give Now » Hi John, Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would be a disaster for polar bears and other Arctic wildlife. It would…

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