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Recent Activities of The
Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust
- Established the 564-acre Daisy Wildlife Sanctuary in the Sabine River Basin in Rains County, Texas. This area encompasses a varied landscape with wetlands, mature forest, open pasture and old field habitats. Natural springs and Brushy Creek provide year-round fresh water so important to free-roaming animals and birds. Wildlife found here includes white-tailed deer, bobcat, coyote, wild turkey and beaver. A tremendous variety of birds, from hawks to songbirds to ducks, can be found here as year-round residents and migratory visitors.
- Purchased 720 acres of land to preserve important headwaters that benefit the Greenwood Preserve and Wildlife Sanctuary, which now totals 2991 acres -- our largest sanctuary. This purchase safeguards critical source points for three streams that feed the Chewaucan Marsh, a BLM Area of Critical Concern. Elk, black bear, mountain lion, prong horn, coyote, mule deer, prairie falcon, golden eagle, and sandhill crane are found here.
- Fenced a 30-acre riparian area of Greenwood Preserve and Wildlife Sanctuary, that contains many springs and streams, to exclude cattle. This is a key corridor for mountain lion, mule deer, black bear, elk and many other species of wildlife.
- Provided a deer decoy to the Pennsylvania Game Commission for their poaching law enforcement efforts. To date, HSWLT has donated 15 decoys to 12 agencies in 11 states.
In order to expand the scope of HSWLT’s influence and effectiveness for the benefit of wildlife, we frequently share funds, expertise and our humane philosophy with other organizations:
- Co-sponsor rewards for conviction of poachers with the HSUS Wildlife Abuse Campaign. In 2011, 35 rewards have been offered totaling $87,500 to catch poachers of wildlife such as alligator, bighorn sheep, and sea lion.
- Support the Centennial Valley Association to continue a wildlife friendly fence project in Centennial Valley, Montana to ensure that pronghorn, elk, mule deer, and moose can get under or over fences with minimal effort and risk of entanglement.
- Support the Working Dogs for Conservation program which utilizes rescue dogs to do scent recognition in the scientific investigation of keystone species on property such as WLT sanctuaries.
- Support the Cougar Fund in creating the Cougar Posse to educate fourth graders about cougars, cougar research, water conservation, cougar kittens, and natural history.
- Support the Second Chance Center for Animals to provide continued support of the prairie dog habitat and education effort and for general outreach.
- Support Vital Ground’s Gobi Bear Initiative to feed, protect and study fewer than 50 grizzly bears that live in the harsh climate of the Gobi Desert in Mongolia. They are the world’s only exclusively desert-dwelling bears of any kind, and they might even be a separate species and/or the “original” DNA source for all brown bears. Gobi bears are almost entirely vegetarian, and at great risk of extinction.
It is only with your help that we have accomplished all of this and more. For a copy of our annual report and for updates on our many projects, please contact us. And don’t forget to sign up for our e-newsletter, a monthly email to keep you informed about wild animals and their habitat. Thank you! Your generous support makes it all possible!
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