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With their sensitive whiskers, Pacific walruses forage the shallow seabed of the Bering and Chukchi Seas for crabs, worms and clams -- their favorite food. These large marine mammals can grow to be two-tons and can eat more than 200 pounds of food each day.
But change is afoot in the Arctic. As a warming world robs these creatures of the sea ice they depend on, walruses are finding themselves farther from their feeding grounds -- and closer to catastrophe. Will these tusked creatures survive?
Read “Walrus in a Warming World” in the latest Defenders Magazine.
| Action of the Month Troubled SeasOur oceans are in trouble. Global warming is causing the death of corals, fish stocks are being overfished to the point of collapse and imperiled marine wildlife like whales and sea turtles are suffering a combined assault from these and other threats.  |  | ||
| Feature Story Wolves Return to NorthwestSightings of wolf pups have been confirmed in both Oregon and Washington, meaning that breeding pairs have been established for the first time since their extinction in these states decades ago. The good news came just as a judge in Montana handed down his decision to temporarily restore federal protections for Northern Rockies wolves. |  | ||
| Defenders Updates Judgement for Rights The world’s last remaining North Atlantic right whales won an important victory last month. A federal court held that the Coast Guard must ensure that shipping routes into east coast ports will not negatively impact these struggling marine mammals. Ship strikes cause at least three deaths per year, and with only 350 of these whales left, even the loss of one brings these animals closer to extinction. >> Read More EPA Tightens Toxin Ban Proposal Thanks to thousands of Defenders activists and our allies, the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to tighten restrictions on carbofuran -- effectively banning the deadly pesticide in the U.S. The dangerous neurotoxin is one of the most highly used pesticides around the world, but poses extreme risks to wildlife and humans. In the past four years alone, carbofuran has killed millions of birds. >> Read More Boreal Bonanza Last month, Canadian officials declared their intention to protect half the country's boreal forests. The unprecedented move safeguards an area the size of Great Britain, keeping it off-limits to commercial development. More than 41,000 Defenders activists spoke out to protect Canada’s boreal forests, known as North America’s Bird Nursery. |  | ||
| Wildlife Heroes Farewell to Conservation Crusaders
In June, the conservation community lost two heroes in a tragic plane crash near Lake Placid, Florida. Dave Maehr and Mason Smoak were doing what they love on that fateful day, surveying black bear populations around the Smoak family ranch. Dave was a biologist from the University of Kentucky, a visiting scientist at Florida’s Archbold Biological Station and a leading authority on Florida Panthers and black bears. Mason was a citrus farmer who cared for the land and the wildlife that lived on and around his ranch. He volunteered countless hours to assist Dave’s work, and together they formed a partnership that uncovered invaluable information on the habits of black bears in the region. | |||
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