Animal Welfare

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An M-44 cyanide device partially visible in a desolate public land landscape, symbolizing a renewed threat to wildlife and public safety.

New memo revives controversial cyanide bombs

In 2018, M-44 cyanide devices killed over 200 non-target animals, including a bear, yet a new memo appears to abolish the ban on their use on public lands.

Khalid El-Sayed·June 26, 2026

A wolf matriarch with her four pups in a desolate Colorado mountain landscape at dusk, with a distant ranch visible.

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Ranch hand kills wolf matriarch, impacting reintroduction efforts

On March 11, a ranch hand in Eagle County shot and killed the matriarch of the King Mountain wolf pack, leaving four pups without their breeding female just weeks after the patriarch also died.

Khalid El-Sayed·June 5, 2026