Center for Biological Diversity

We are excited to share our collaborative effort with Farm Sanctuary, a groundbreaking new Food System Shift Roadmap that offers practical strategies to improve our food system for people, wildlife and the planet. 🌍 Check it out ➡️ https://biodiv.us/4dTLsL8

Crater Lake newts (aka Mazama newt) just got one step closer to Endangered Species Act Protection! This news comes in response to our legal petition. The newts live only in Oregon’s Crater Lake and their populations have crashed in recent years due to the expansion of introduced signal crayfish and warming lake temperatures from climate change. Learn more ➡️ https://bit.ly/4f5Yk1P

Good news 🎉: The California Fish and Game Commission unanimously voted last week to protect western burrowing owls throughout California as a “candidate” species under the California Endangered Species Act. Protecting burrowing owls under the California ESA would require state and local agencies to manage the threats they face including habitat loss and rodenticide poisoning. More info on our work to protect these cool avians ➡️ https://biodiv.us/3uYrjn0

If you've been following us for a while, you've likely heard us talk about the gruesome wildlife-killing program known as Wildlife Services. Year after year, millions of dollars are wasted on killing wildlife — primarily at the behest of the agriculture industry — instead of investing in long-term solutions that prevent conflicts. In 2023 alone, the #WildlifeServices reported killed 375,045 native animals, according to data released by the program. And, documents obtained by NPR show that many of those animals were killed in places where no livestock damage was reported. Check out the recent NPR article about it featuring the Center's carnivore conservation director, Collette Adkins ➡️ https://n.pr/4dHn1k3

Today we honor #IndigenousPeoplesDay. We are fortunate to work in close partnership with many Indigenous communities in efforts to fiercely defend their rights and protect wild lands and imperiled wildlife for a shared vision of a safe, healthy and cherished planet. 🌎

Last week, NOAA Fisheries confirmed that a North Atlantic right whale found entangled in Maine fishing in January did indeed die from that "chronic entanglement." Tragically, hundreds of thousands of #marineanimals suffer or die every year from entanglement in fishing gear. It doesn't have to be this way. There's a solution: pop-up fishing gear. Join us in urging NOAA to support the widespread adoption of pop-up fishing gear that will save the lives of countless marine animals ➡️ https://biodiv.us/3XZIzmb 📷: Georgia Department of Natural Resources

U.S. trophy hunters slaughtered two critically endangered black rhinos named Lippie and Willem, ages 28 and 31, in Namibia. Now the rhino-killers are asking the U.S. government for permits to import their body parts or products into the United States. Although hunters pay exorbitant fees that are supposed to go toward conservation in Namibia — and some of the money does go toward keeping some animals safe from poaching — this use-based system perpetuates demand that's leading rhinos down the path to extinction. No endangered species should be killed or imported for thrills or decor. As a major endpoint for hunting trophies from all over the world, the United States should lead in stamping out this practice. Join us in urging the Fish and Wildlife Service to deny the permits to import trophies made from Lippie and Willem's remains to the U.S. ➡️ https://biodiv.us/3NiKpJW 📷: by Brett Hartl/CBD

Did you know that giant clams weigh around 500 pounds? That's as much as an average male grizzly bear. These very special animals are declining — and in some areas disappearing entirely. But there's hope: NOAA Fisheries has proposed protecting 10 #giantclam species under the Endangered Species Act. If the proposal is finalized, the Act's safeguards will help these animals overcome threats like overexploitation, international trade, and climate change. Please, add your voice in support of protecting these colorful clams ➡️ https://biodiv.us/4dzOcgB

The smallest gray wolf subspecies in North America, the Mexican gray wolf is also one of the rarest and most imperiled mammals on the continent. The Center has worked continuously to recover Mexican wolves in the wild, beginning with a 1990 lawsuit that led, eight years later, to reintroduction. Along the way we’ve sought to protect the wolves from persecution. Our work to protect them continues. Yesterday, the Center alongside Western Watersheds Project and GRAND CANYON WOLF RECOVERY PROJECT, notified state and federal agencies that ongoing efforts to trap and relocate Mexican gray wolves west of Flagstaff, known as the Kendrick Peak pack, violate the #EndangeredSpecies Act. Learn more about #MexicanWolves and our work to protect them ➡️ https://biodiv.us/43dFpgK

‘Three Rivers of Woe’ — David Quammen on Climate Change, Extinction, and Epidemics https://lnkd.in/gat9Gcux