Spring 2020
volume:69
issue:1
About the Cover:
After grizzly bears were nearly eradicated from the contiguous United States, protections afforded the species under the Endangered Species Act(ESA) have helped boost bear numbers. The ESA and other vital environmental laws protect both wildlife and human communities. Alarmingly, the Trump administration has been waging war on these laws, nullifying them not by legislative repeal but by regulatory rollbacks—making sure they can’t be enforced as intended. Read more on this distressing assault and why we, the public, must fight back.
In this Issue: In this issue: what is lost when US environmental laws are weakened; behind-the-scenes chicanery that is killing horses at US racetracks; the inexorable, welcome decline of commercial whaling; unchecked animal abuse at the nation’s primary supplier of chinchillas for research; kind souls knitting nests to help rehabilitate wildlife. Also, for researchers: apply now for grants to study ways to reduce human-wildlife conflicts. And for high school students: enter the “A Voice for Animals” contest!
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