By now most of us who care about wolves have heard that Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewel has given the final go ahead to delist Grey wolves throughout the United States. The exception is a moribund Mexican Wolf Recovery … Continue reading
Today is Endangered Species Day, a time set aside by Congress to honour the biological heritage of the United States. Serendipitously, today is also my friend Atka’s Birthday! In this photo he plays with his wolf pup plush toy. The … Continue reading
Christopher Benfey is Mellon Professor of English at Mount Holyoke, and a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books. In the January issue he has a lyric essay about The Lost Wolves of New England. It is a … Continue reading
The ever marvellous George Monbiot blogs for The Guardian on the environment and social justice. Unlike many in the environmental justice community, he has no difficulty defending the moral standing of animals and nature, in conjunction with his moral critique … Continue reading
Last night I returned home from The Outdoor Cat conference in Los Angeles, something I mentioned in a previous post. By now I must have attended and spoken at hundreds of academic and advocacy oriented conferences. The Outdoor Cat was … Continue reading
Norway recently entered into negotiations with Sweden to claim a population of Swedish wolves as their own. This is to protect the interests of Norwegian wolves, right? Not at all. Norway wants to claim these wolves who range into its … Continue reading