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Bobcats

Named for their stubby tails, bobcats are so elusive that you’d be lucky to catch a glimpse of one in your lifetime.

Mountain Lions

Whether you call them mountain lions or cougars, they’re one of the most adaptable big cats in the Western Hemisphere.

Named for their stubby tails, bobcats are so elusive that most people would be lucky to catch a glimpse of one in their lifetime. The bobcat is 10 times smaller than a cougar but two times larger than a housecat, and often confused with both. Because of their smaller size, solitary nature and...

Illustration of a man carrying a dead coyote among other participants of a wildlife killing contest

Facts about wildlife killing contests

WARNING: This page contains graphic content. What are wildlife killing contests? While contests like dogfighting and cockfighting have been condemned in the U.S. as barbaric and cruel, wildlife killing contests still happen regularly in almost all of the 42 U.S. states they are legal in. Killing...

Bears

Bears are powerful, majestic animals who face numerous threats.

Elephants

Sensitive, intelligent elephants are the world’s largest land mammal (by weight) and a living link to long-extinct species like the woolly mammoth.

Horses

Horses are strong and resilient.

Polar Bears

Depending on pack ice for their habitat, polar bears are threatened by climate change—and by traffic in their fur and parts.

Tigers

Tigers are the largest cat species, with striped coat patterns as unique as fingerprints.

The facts about horse slaughter

Contents Is it possible to conduct commercial horse slaughter in a humane manner? Does horse slaughter have a negative financial impact on American taxpayers? Is horsemeat safe for human consumption? Can the federal government ensure the safety of horsemeat? Has ending domestic horse slaughter...