By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
Update 12/20/2022: President Biden signed the Big Cat Public Safety Act into law!
Breaking: Big Cat Public Safety Act passes the U.S. Senate and heads to President Biden’s desk
Breaking: Big Cat Public Safety Act passes the U.S. Senate and heads to President Biden’s desk
Monumental legislation will prohibit keeping tigers, lions and other big cat species as pets and bans public contact with these species, including cub petting
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block
There’s a golden opportunity to help protect African elephants now that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed a new Endangered Species Act rule. If finalized, the new rule would better regulate imports of African elephants and their parts, like hunting trophies, to the U.S. We have long advocated that the existing regulations are not strong enough.
By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson
At a time when bipartisanship can be unpredictable in politics, it’s particularly gratifying to recognize four lawmakers who have joined together to advance one of the most urgent animal protection measures in the Congress, the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act.
By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson
Lawsuit seeks to restore federal protections to Northern Rockies wolves after government misses deadline
Lawsuit seeks to restore federal protections to Northern Rockies wolves after government misses deadline
WASHINGTON (August 9, 2022)—Wildlife conservation organizations sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for missing its deadline to decide whether gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains warrant federal protection under the Endangered Species Act.
