Wildlife for All is a national campaign to reform state wildlife management to be more democratic, just, compassionate, and focused on protecting wild species and ecosystems.
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Democratic:
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Because wildlife is held in the public trust and everyone should have a voice in wildlife decisions.
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Just:
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Because wild animals deserve to be treated fairly as members of the community of life.
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Compassionate:
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Because wild animals are sentient beings worthy of our empathy and respect.
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Focused on ecological health:
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Because of the urgent need to protect species and ecosystems in the face of a global extinction crisis.
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Wildlife for All is a national campaign to reform state wildlife management to be more democratic, just, compassionate, and focused on protecting wild species and ecosystems.
- Democratic:
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Because wildlife is held in the public trust and everyone should have a voice in wildlife decisions.
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Just:
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Because wild animals deserve to be treated fairly as members of the community of life.
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Compassionate:
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Because wild animals are sentient beings worthy of our empathy and respect.
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Focused on ecological health:
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Because of the urgent need to protect species and ecosystems in the face of a global extinction crisis.
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Wildlife for All
Wildlife For All is a national campaign to reform state wildlife management to be more democratic, just, compassionate, and focused on protecting wild species and ecosystems.
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Democratic:
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Because wildlife is held in the public trust and everyone should have a voice in wildlife decisions.
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Just:
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Because wild animals deserve to be treated fairly as members of the community of life.
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Compassionate:
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Because wild animals are sentient beings worthy of our empathy and respect.
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Focused on ecological health:
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Because of the urgent need to protect species and ecosystems in the face of a global extinction crisis.
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Wild Ground is Common Ground
In a recent op-ed, Will Marlier pushes back against the narrative often repeated in the wildlife management community that interest in hunting is waning in general because young/urban people are disconnected from nature and too immersed in their screens. That narrative does not consider the alternative explanation that people have less interest in interacting with nature and wild animals in a consumptive way, as the writer says, not because they are disconnected from nature but because those are their values.
New Study Critiques Misleading Trapping Standards
A groundbreaking peer-reviewed study critically evaluates the methodology that U.S. state wildlife agencies heavily rely on to justify trapping.
Why Florida’s Right to Hunt Amendment is Unnecessary
Wildlife for All has joined with other groups in opposing a so-called “Right to Hunt” ballot initiative in Florida that would tie wildlife managers’ hands and privilege hunters and anglers over the majority of the public. Read more here.
New Mexico’s Green Amendment
A proposed amendment to the state constitution would guarantee New Mexicans the right to healthy environments, ecosystems, and a safe climate. It would also hugely benefit wildlife by acknowledging that native species are to be protected on behalf of future generations as part of the public trust.
The Role of Wildlife Governance in Rewilding
State wildlife agencies are failing to restore and protect wildlife because they prioritize hunting, fishing and trapping over ecological conservation, according to a new study in the journal Bioscience.
Wyoming Wolf Torture Incident Highlights Need to Drastically Reform State Wildlife Management
Wildlife for All and partners renewed our call for Wyoming and other states to overhaul their wildlife management policies in the wake of an incident of a wolf having been captured and tortured in Wyoming.
Looking for the Southwest Environmental Center? You’re in the right place. Read more here.
