Position & Issue Statements Archives - The Wildlife Society

A hunter with a blaze orange hat and firearm in a field.

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Hunting

Individuals around a sedated elk, laying on the ground while being handled.

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Wildlife Management and Conservation and the Animal Rights Philosophy

Individual handling a captured bermese python.

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Competitions in the Harvest of Wildlife

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Feral horses and burros in North America

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Trapping furbearers

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Urban wildlife

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Use of science in policy and management decisions

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Wildlife damage management

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Wildlife disease

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Wildlife fertility control

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Workforce diversity in the wildlife profession

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Human populations

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Domestic sheep and goats disease transmission risk to wild sheep (TWS/AAWV joint issue statement)

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Feral and free-ranging domestic cats

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Responsible human use of wildlife and their habitats

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Feral swine in North America

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Impacts of wind energy development on wildlife and wildlife habitat

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The Summer 2026 issue of The Wildlife Professional

LISTEN: Following the Birds: A 30,000-Kilometer Expedition

TWS2026 and the art of conservation

Ancient knowledge of oak woodlands

Wildlife Vocalizations: Yaira Ortiz

TWS welcomes the 2026 class of the Leadership Institute

The July issue of JWM is now available

Position & Issue Statements

Hunting

Wildlife Management and Conservation and the Animal Rights Philosophy

Competitions in the Harvest of Wildlife

Feral horses and burros in North America

Trapping furbearers

Urban wildlife

Use of science in policy and management decisions

Wildlife damage management

Wildlife disease

Wildlife fertility control

Workforce diversity in the wildlife profession

Human populations

Domestic sheep and goats disease transmission risk to wild sheep (TWS/AAWV joint issue statement)

Feral and free-ranging domestic cats

Responsible human use of wildlife and their habitats

Feral swine in North America

Impacts of wind energy development on wildlife and wildlife habitat

Oil and gas development in the Rocky Mountain West