Wildlife Services Archives - Western Environmental Law Center

Federal wildlife-killing program challenged in Montana

Jan 18, 2023 | News Release, Protecting Grizzly Bears, Wildlife

Today, four conservation organizations challenged the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Wildlife Services predator killing program in Montana. The legal challenge also includes the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service for approving the program’s killing and...

VICTORY! Restoring Gray Wolf Protections Nationwide

Apr 8, 2021 | Wildlife

VICTORY! Restoring Gray Wolf Protections Nationwide Wolves belong. They were here for millennia before settlers nearly succeeded in eradicating them from the so-called “New World.” Always survivors, wolves held on, narrowly staving off extinction and...

Federal Wildlife Killing Program Sued Over Carnivore Killing in Colorado

Apr 12, 2017 | Colorado Wildlife Services Challenge, News Release

Conservationists sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services today over its carnivore-killing program in Colorado. Included in the larger program are controversial plans to kill up to 120 mountain lions and black bears in Colorado in a misguided...

Stopping Wildlife Services from Killing Wolves in Oregon

Jan 30, 2016 | Wildlife

Stopping Wildlife Services from Killing Wolves in Oregon Wildlife Services is a stand-alone federal extermination program under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that kills roughly 4 million animals per year, including wolves, bears, otters, foxes, coyotes,...

VICTORY! Stopping Wildlife Services from Killing Wolves in Washington

Feb 26, 2015 | Wildlife

VICTORY! Stopping Wildlife Services from Killing Wolves in Washington Wildlife Services is a stand-alone federal extermination program under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that kills roughly 4 million animals per year, including wolves, bears, otters,...