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Tag Archives: animal rights
Reprieve for Wyoming Wolves
On September 23, 2014, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the Court) issued an Opinion¹ and Order² overturning a 2012 rule promulgated by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS, the Service, or the agency). The … Continue reading
Posted in Department of the Interior, Grand Tetons, politics, science, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, wolves, Yellowstone
Tagged animal rights, Defenders of Wildlife, Endangered Species Act, Grand Tetons, Humane Society of the United States, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), politics, science, Sierra Club, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, United States District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, wolf hunting, wolf management, wolves, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Yellowstone
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Sanctuary – More than a Safe Haven
What makes an animal refuge a sanctuary? from Wikipedia: A sanctuary, in its original meaning, is a sacred place, such as a shrine. By the use of such places as a safe haven, by extension the term has come to … Continue reading
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Tagged animal rights, animal sanctuary, animals, sanctuary, W.O.L.F. Sanctuary, wildlife, wolf dogs, wolves
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Talking to Animals/Amen
Here’s a quote from a beautiful WordPress post by Traveling Thane Furrows: If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them, and … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, politics, wilderness, wolves
Tagged animal rights, animals, Dan George, Defenders of Wildlife, Endangered Species Act, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Montana Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks, Native Americans, NRDC, politics, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, wilderness, wildlife, wolf hunting, wolves, Wyoming Game and Fish Department
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Creation Through Struggle – Always Plenty of Struggle
Some people have asked what led me to write Wild Wolf Encounters. Like all creation, it was the result of a struggle. In this case, it was a struggle with myself. About two years ago, in another crisis economic compromise, … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, books, music, Nature, Poems, politics, wolves
Tagged animal rights, animal welfare, books, creation, Endangered Species Act, law, music, poetry, politics, Songs for a Beloved Friend, struggle, wild wolf encounters, wolf hunting, wolf management, wolves, writing, yoga
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“Wish for the Result with Great Fervor…”
Yoga Action Wish for the result with great fervor, but remain completely patient and serene. Gertrud Hirschi, Mudras, Yoga in your Hands Yoga and action – we don’t often connect the two. But like the word yoga itself, many … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, politics, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, wilderness, wolves, Yellowstone
Tagged animal rights, Defenders of Wildlife, Endangered Species Act, hunting, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Montana Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks, national parks, nature, politics, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, wilderness, wildlife, wolves, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Yellowstone, yoga
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Who Are We?
Who Are We? Americans, including me, think of themselves as decent people. Certainly we have made mistakes as a nation – big mistakes. But we learn from them, grow, and improve. Our social structure encourages this. But now I wonder. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, animal rights, animals, Defenders of Wildlife, Endangered Species Act, hunting, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, legal system, Montana Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks, nature, NRDC, politics, science, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, wildlife, wolves, Wyoming Game and Fish Department
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Can We Talk?
Dear Friends, Here is a letter e-mailed to Dan Ashe, Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Mr. Ashe is considering plans to permit wolf hunting in Wyoming. I post this letter in the continuing hope that words have … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Poems, politics, science, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, wilderness, wolves, Yellowstone
Tagged animal rights, Defenders of Wildlife, Endangered Species Act, fish and game, hunting, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Montana Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks, national parks, nature, poems, poetry, politics, U.S. Department of the Interior, wilderness, wildlife, wolves, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Yellowstone
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The Coming and the Going – Wolf Shadow
The Coming Black shadow at the forest edge grows and deepens darkens to a thicker ink begins to quiver moving now into the meadow a black wolf emerges from my imagination The Going Rested, satisfied returning to the shadows satiating … Continue reading
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Tagged animal rights, Endangered Species Act, hunting, national parks, nature, NRDC, poems, wilderness, wolves, Yellowstone
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Yellowstone Tales – Part 3 – The Black Wolf with the Blue Face at his Kill
Manners The black wolf with the blue face dines with reserve wiping his mouth carefully with his tongue taking time to savor the flavor nervously watching for unwelcome company but retiring graciously at frequent intervals so the humans, should they … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, national parks, Nature, Poems, politics, wilderness, wolves, Yellowstone
Tagged animal rights, animals, birds, Endangered Species Act, national parks, nature, NRDC, poems, poetry, politics, ravens, wilderness, wolves, Yellowstone
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Yellowstone Tales – Part 1
My Brother the Wolf* My brother the wolf sings his music under clear stars a chant I recognize but cannot name haunts me My brother the wolf hears the fear and longing in our hearts sees confusion at a glance … Continue reading
Posted in national parks, Nature, Poems, politics, wilderness, wolves, Yellowstone
Tagged animal rights, Endangered Species Act, Grand Tetons, hunting, national parks, NRDC, poems, poetry, politics, U.S. Department of the Interior, wilderness, wolves, Yellowstone
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