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One of the leading international organizations working on the issues of trapping, fur, and wildlife conflict, Born Free USA united with API has collaborated successfully with communities and decision-makers across the U.S. to reduce and restrict the use of cruel and indiscriminate body-gripping traps. With expert advice, resources, and publications Born Free USA united with API works with local communities, legislators, regulatory agencies, and the media to highlight the problems of trapping and to implement humane alternatives
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Contact Born Free USA united with API Public Relations Director Zibby Wilder at 916-447-3085 x205, 916-447-3070 fax, or at press@bornfreeusa.org.
Wildlife Protection Groups File Suit to Stop Delisting of Gray Wolves in Great Lakes Region
Washington, DC — Today, wildlife protection groups filed suit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over its decision to remove the protections of the Endangered Species Act from gray wolves living in the western Great Lakes region. The groups include The Humane Society of the United States, Help Our Wolves Live, and the Animal Protection Institute.
New England cottontail found to warrant listing as an endangered species
Washington, DC — The Animal Protection Institute (API), a national animal advocacy organization, along with David Wade, founder of the Endangered Small Animal Conservation Foundation, have dismissed a lawsuit brought against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to list the New England cottontail rabbit on the federal endangered species list.
Wildlife Protection Coalition Files Suit to Protect Endangered African Antelope from “Canned” Hunts
San Francisco, CA — Wildlife protection groups filed suit today in the Northern District of California to prevent the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) from allowing canned hunting of three endangered antelope species. The plaintiffs include The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Defenders of Wildlife, Born Free USA, the Kimya Institute, and a number of individuals.
SJ City Council to Consider Reversing 15-Year Ban on Leghold Traps to Trap and Kill Coyotes
San Jose, CA — The San Jose City Council will today revisit a request to trap and kill coyotes at the Villas of Almaden, a gated community within the city limits that just two years ago allowed coyotes to be killed on its private property. Today, Vice Mayor Dando, sponsor of the measure, is expected to again pursue a plan to allow the use of the controversial leghold trap, a device that has been banned in San Jose since 1989 and in more than 80 countries and eight states for humane reasons. An emergency measure to exempt the Villas from a city-wide ban on the use of leghold traps failed two weeks ago.
