March 10, 2022
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U.S. Congress – Ban trophy hunting imports and end elephant slaughter.
March 3, 2022
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November 18, 2021
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May 6, 2021
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March 11, 2021
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February 18, 2021
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January 28, 2021
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November 2, 2020
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Published by Carol Walker at November 2, 2020
I am at the viewing site for the Red Desert roundup – it will be the last day for this area in Antelope Hills. It is a balmy 31 degrees this morning. Yesterday they captured 107 wild horses and I thought they were done here. They only plan to leave 60 horses in this HMA of 159,000 acres. They will release 25 horses.
I saw a colorful family run on top of the hill near the trap. They came down followed by a group of four black horses who waited on the hill while the helicopter went after a big group of about 12 pintos buckskins, grullas and bays who looked so tired – moving slowly, I am not sure how far they had been pushed. It took a while for the helicopter to get the four blacks to meet up with the big group and get pushed in. They are using only one trap for this area which is absolutely huge. More
June 13, 2018
animal cruelty, animal welfare, ENERGY/OIL, environmental pollution, Wild Horse & Burro Radio, wildlife environment, fracking, John HOrning, WildEarth Guardians, wildlife 2 Comments
March 20, 2018
whistleblowers, Wild Horse & Burro Radio Department of the Interior, environment, Kirsten Stade, livestock grazing, PEER, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, public lands, whistleblowers, wild Horse & Burro Radio, Wild Horse Freedom Federation, wildlife 1 Comment
January 10, 2018
animal welcofare, Sam Jojola, wildlife animal welcofare, bureaucratic dysfunction, ecosystems, environment, grizzlies, mining interests, mining opportunities in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Sam Jojola, trophy hunting, Trophy hunting Grizzlies, USFWS Endangered Species Act, wildlife, wildlife bureaucrats 3 Comments
Sam Jojola, USFWS Special Agent (retired)
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Research Illuminates Historical Threats for Grizzlies in the GYE
The 23 years covert experience in federal wildlife law enforcement always reminds me to look deep behind the curtain of puppet master politics that often manipulate the strands of negative decisions that hamper long term protection of key wildlife species in our country and around the globe. Recent research has further illuminated past and present political threats of oil, gas, with alliances from SCI and the NRA that appear to be a multi-prong threat. This detailed 2014 report describes these alliances and how they can work to compromise key biological and wildlife resources:
https://cdn.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/IndustryInfluenceReport.pdf
Foreign mining interests are looming over the GYE. Google “mining opportunities in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem” and a host of articles appear. Gold mining interests have friends in “high places”. When states are left to take the lead in managing these interests, the “golden rule” will often apply. “He who hath the gold rules”, and ecosystems and wildlife will suffer by political meddling. Déjà vu all over again reminds me of my experience in the 1980’s in Nevada with foreign precious metal corporations and migratory bird deaths from cyanide heap leach operations.
Trophy hunting Grizzlies in the GYE could be the coup de gras with oil, gas and mining interests contributing to the “big picture” of multiple ongoing serious threats.
Recent court decision reveals flaws with delisting GYE Grizzly
The recent court decision based on a lawsuit by the Humane Society of the United States revealed serious flaws behind the Grizzly delisting in the GYE:
https://www.courthousenews.com/wolf-ruling-has-agency-wrestling-with-grizzlies/
I strongly believe the HSUS decision that affects the GYE grizzly bear final rule should require the Service to re-evaluate the delisting of the GYE grizzly bear population and examine this species as a whole across the remaining U.S. grizzly bear ecosystems. This court decision shows USFWS is acting in haste to separate listed species into distinct populations and delisting them. The GYE Grizzly delisting exposes the blatant hypocrisy of this bizarre and reckless strategy that goes against the long term protection of all grizzly bear populations. More
November 5, 2017
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by Debbie Coffey
In my opinion…
We need to find a fix for the unhealthy populations of non-native, domestic cattle and sheep on public lands.
Imagine a proposal to introduce privately owned livestock onto the public lands of the American West. The owners of the privately owned livestock would successfully gain use of 229 million acres of public lands in the West. The livestock would be owned by a politically powerful industry that attracted a passionate following — people who love using public lands for their private profit so much that they influence the federal management of their privately owned animals so that they would rarely, if ever, be restricted by law. Some of them would be so passionate that they would take over and occupy government buildings for 41 days, and end up costing taxpayers at least $9 million, including $2.3 million on federal law enforcement and $1.7 million to replace damaged or stolen property.
The downside of these privately owned livestock would be that they destroy native vegetation, damage soils and stream banks, and contaminate waterways with fecal waste. After decades of livestock grazing, once-lush streams and riparian forests have been reduced to flat, dry wastelands; once-rich topsoil has been turned to dust, causing soil erosion, stream sedimentation and wholesale elimination of some aquatic habitats; overgrazing of native fire-carrying grasses has starved some western forests of fire, making them overly dense and prone to unnaturally severe fires. Not to mention that predators like the grizzly and Mexican gray wolf were driven extinct in southwestern ecosystems by “predator control” programs designed to protect the livestock industry. More
November 4, 2017
Government, Sam Jojola, wildlife animals, federal wildlife laws., Government, mountain lions, predator control, Sam Jojola, USFWS Special Agents, USFWS/DLE, WAN, wildlife, Wildlife Enforcement Bureau, Wildlife Service Division of Law Enforcement, Wildlife Services, Wolves Leave a comment
By Sam Jojola
Original article appears HERE
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October 3, 2017
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September 20, 2017
animal cruelty, animal laws, animal welfare, Wild Horse & Burro Radio, wildlife Animal Welfare Institute, AWI, Cathy Liss, D.J. Schubert, Wild Burros, wild Horse & Burro Radio, Wild Horse Freedom Federation, wild horses, wildlife Leave a comment
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September 2, 2017
animal welfare, BLM corruption, wildlife animal welfare, Bureau of Land Management, bureaucracy, Combating Wildlife Trafficking, Department of the Interior, diminishing wildlife resources, federal wildlife laws., Global Anti-Poaching Act (H.R. 2494), Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, Sam Jojola, trophy hunters, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife, wildlife crimes, wildlife criminal syndicates 1 Comment
Sam Jojola
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Background
“This article was originally published for World Animal News in November, 2015 and titled “Wildlife Crimes: Why Is It So Difficult to Enforce Laws”. This is an updated version that includes reference to a 2016 GAO report detailing the shortcomings and successes of combating wildlife trafficking. It often seems that the more things change, the more they stay the same. There are some positive changes, but they are slow.”
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Global Anti-Poaching Act of 2015
The passage of the Global Anti-Poaching Act (H.R. 2494) through the House on June 25, 2015 was long overdue and very encouraging news for wildlife law enforcement. It will greatly assist in addressing the rapid expansion of wildlife criminal syndicates and terrorist groups globally. Finally, after decades of “paralysis by analysis” there is some political motivation in the U.S. to deal with the exponential growth of wildlife crime here and around the world. Why has it taken so long?
The most recent GAO report dated September, 2016 titled Combating Wildlife Trafficking: Agencies are taking a range of actions but the task force lacks performance targets for assessing progress: http://www.gao.gov/assets/680/679968.pdf
Perhaps there will be another GAO report this year to show measurable progress.
When one examines the primary agency responsible for investigating wildlife crimes on the federal level, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement (USFWS/OLE) has been and is the lead entity to do so. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is primarily a biological entity under the umbrella of the Department of the Interior that oversees a host of at least nine (9) agencies, like the U.S. Park Service (USPS), the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to name a few. The USFWS/OLE is just one of fifteen (15) National programs managed by USFWS. In essence many layers of government within the Department of the Interior which is not a law enforcement entity like the Department of Justice. Other law enforcement agencies like the FBI, DEA, ATF, ICE, and the Secret Service, are not under the umbrella of a non-law enforcement entity that can sometimes run political interference and impede wildlife investigations and protection. More
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