Thursday, December 2, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC —Today, Congressmen John Garamendi (D-CA) and Don Young (R-AK) reintroduced the “Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act” ( H.R.6059 ). Congressman Garamendi is a former Deputy Secretary of the Interior under President Bill Clinton, and Congressman Young is the Dean of the U.S. House Representatives.
“Poachers, traffickers, and transnational criminal organizations responsible for human rights abuses are driving iconic wildlife to...
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Tuesday, November 30, 2021
(WASHINGTON DC) – Representatives Jim Costa (CA-16) and John Katko (NY-24) released the following statement after introducing H.R. 6023 - Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act . This bipartisan legislation would require the United States Postal Service (USPS) to sell approximately 45 million Saving Vanishing Species Stamps left in stock to promote wildlife conservation.
“I am proud to introduce this legislation to...
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Tuesday, November 23, 2021
The funding comes from the National Science Foundation’s Advancing Informal STEM Learning.
Silver Spring, MD (November 23, 2021) – The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) is collaborating with Oregon State University’s STEM Research Center and Vanderbilt University’s Kennedy Center’s Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD) to support the “Modeling Zoos and Aquariums as Inclusive Communities of Science”...
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Thursday, November 18, 2021
Bipartisan legislation seeks to build on 2016 law to address wildlife trafficking crisis that threatens global security
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to combat international wildlife trafficking and strengthen interagency efforts to tackle the issue. Wildlife trafficking remains a serious transnational crime and...
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Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Silver Spring, MD (November 17, 2021) – The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) recognized the achievements of over 20 AZA member facilities in the fields of conservation, education, exhibit design, marketing, diversity, green practices, and volunteer engagement during the 2021 AZA Virtual Annual Conference this September.
“It is important for AZA and its community to recognize excellence, and that is what our Honors and Award program does,” said AZA President and...
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