Defenders Of Wildlife

Defenders Of Wildlife Biography

Defenders of Wildlife is a United States-based, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1947, "dedicated to the protection of all native animals and plants in their natural communities." The organization is active in political interventions and lobbying aimed at protection of wildlife, and fundraising used for conservation efforts, and to battle cruelty against all wildlife."[1] The organisations efforts extend into such areas as wildlife conservation, habitat conservation, off-shore drilling, climate change, renewable energy, international conservation, and policy and legislation in the United States.[2]

The organization was originally called "Defenders of Fur Bearers"[3] and its mission was focused on North American mammals. Today, the organization's mission is broader and includes preservation and conservation actions concerning both animals and plants, and wild life habitat protection. The organization advocates the Endangered Species Act of 1973 through lobbying and use of the U.S. legal system in order to protect the remaining Endangered species. The organization houses offices in the United States, Canada and Mexico, and the headquarters for the Defenders of Wild Life is based in Washington, D.C., U.S.

Defenders of Wildlife focuses its programs on the alarmingly accelerating rate of extinction of species and the associated loss of biological diversity and habitat alteration and destruction. Defenders of Wildlife also advocates new approaches to wildlife conservation that will help keep species from becoming endangered. Its programs encourage protection of entire ecosystems and their interconnected habitats while protecting predators (mainly wolves) that serve as indicator species for the ecosystem's health. Its sister organization, Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund, lobbies and works to influence legislative action directly.[4]

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