For Immediate Release, June 9, 2021
Contact:
Andrea Zaccardi, Center for Biological Diversity, (303) 854-7748, azaccardi@biologicaldiversity.org
Rodi Rosensweig, The Humane Society of the United States/Humane Society Legislative Fund, (202) 809-8711, rrosensweig@humanesociety.org
Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds, (307) 399-7910, emolvar@westernwatersheds.org
Gary Macfarlane, Friends of the Clearwater, (208) 882-9755, gary@friendsoftheclearwater.org
Jake Bleich, Defenders of Wildlife, (202) 772-3208, jbleich@defenders.org
Forest Service Protections Sought for Wolves in Idaho, Montana Wildernesses
BOZEMAN,
Mont. A coalition of wildlife advocacy groups, represented by the non-profit environmental law firm Earthjustice, today asked the U.S. Forest Service to issue new protections for wolves in designated wilderness areas following Idaho and Montana’s enactment of a rash of aggressive anti-wolf laws.
Illinois signed a bill updating its existing ivory ban to include products made from 16 additional species, Humane Society of the United States reports.
Venomous Snake Found Glued With Other Bugs Into Nasty Sticky Mouse Trap
On 6/9/21 at 1:15 PM EDT
An animal rescue service based in southeastern Australia has shared an image of a venomous eastern brown snake that had become stuck in a nasty sticky pest trap along with several insects.
The devices, known as glue boards or glue traps, are essentially trays that are coated with an extremely sticky adhesive. They are often used to remove rodents, insects, and other animals that are considered to be pests from homes.
But while some people buy these traps as an alternative to snap traps, which can pose a risk to children and pets, animal rights groups have condemned the devices, with The Humane Society of the United States describing them as cruel and indiscriminate.
The coalition of wildlife advocacy groups is being represented by the non-profit environmental law firm Earthjustice.
A petition was submitted to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and top Forest Service officials asking the agency to enact measures to protect wolves in National Forest wilderness areas from new Idaho and Montana laws enacted during their 2021 legislative sessions.
A release from the Center for Biological Diversity says the anti-wolf laws target up to 1,800 wolves across the two states. One goal of the laws is to artificially inflate elk populations to levels last seen in the mid-1990s, before wolves were reintroduced to their historic range in the Northern Rockies.