Category: TWS Wildlife News

Comments Sought on Draft EIS for Feral Swine Damage Control
December 22, 2014

Comments Sought on Draft EIS for Feral Swine Damage Control

Feral swine have greatly expanded their range over the last 30 years. At the same time, the annual estimated damage they cause, plus the costs of control, has risen to...

Mallards
December 19, 2014

President Signs Duck Stamp Price Increase into Law

Over 550 letters from The Wildlife Society members sent to Senators urged them to pass a bill to increase the price of Duck Stamps from $15 to $25. The Senate...

Birds
December 19, 2014

Avian Influenza Confirmed in Wild Birds in Washington State

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic (HPAI) H5 avian influenza in wild birds in Whatcom County,...

Perth Zoo numbats
December 19, 2014

Captive Marsupials Released into the Wild

Perth Zoo recently released 14 zoo-born numbats (Myrmecobius fasciatus), also called banded anteaters, into Dryandra Woodland in Western Australia as part of an ongoing effort to bolster wild populations of...

Cedar Mountain Wild Horse Gather
December 18, 2014

Controversy over the Management of Horses

Controversy over the management of feral horses and burros has heightened with Wyoming suing the federal government and the Western Governors’ Association issuing a resolution on the topic this month....

European grey wolf from Slovenia
December 18, 2014

Large Carnivores Make a Voracious Comeback in Europe

The recovery of lynx, brown bears, and grey wolves in a continent that has seen hundreds of years of development is showing that humans may not have to keep out...

Shorebirds
December 17, 2014

CRomnibus: Conservation Funding

The $1 trillion spending bill approved by Congress last week will keep the government running until the end of the Fiscal Year (FY), October 2015. The “Consolidated and Further Continuing...

Sage grouse
December 16, 2014

CRomnibus: Conservation Riders

The $1 trillion spending bill approved by Congress last week will keep the government running until October 2015. The “Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015” has been nicknamed the...

Giraffe
December 16, 2014

World’s Giraffe Populations in Peril

Africa’s iconic giraffe may be in trouble — its population numbers have plummeted by more than 40 percent in the last 15 years, according to estimates from the International Union...

Red Knot
December 15, 2014

Red Knot Listed Due To Climate Change

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced last week that it has listed the rufa red knot (Calidris canutus rufa) as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The announcement...