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NEW YORK, NY | January 29, 2021

WCS Supports Bi-Partisan Bill in US Senate to Prevent the Next Zoonotic Pandemic

A statement is from John F. Calvelli, WCS Executive Vice President for Public Affairs of the Wildlife Conservation Society in support of reintroduction of a bipartisan bill in the U.S. Congress, which includes measures to prevent future zoonotic pandemics

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PARIS, France | January 11, 2021

Statement by Cristián Samper, President and CEO, Wildlife Conservation Society, at the One Planet Summit, January 11, 2021 (English, French, Spanish)

WCS's President and CEO Cristián Samper's statement at the One Planet Summit, held on January 11, 2021

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HA NOI, Viet Nam | December 18, 2020

World’s Most Endangered Turtle Gets Some Good News In 2020

The Ha Noi Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in collaboration with the Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of Indo-Myanmar Conservation (IMC) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have made dramatic progress to possibly prevent the extinction of Swinhoe’s softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) also known as the Yangtze giant softshell turtle or or Hoan Kiem turtle.

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MANAUS, Brazil | December 14, 2020

TURTLE TSUNAMI! WCS releases incredible footage of mass hatching of locally endangered turtle

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) released an amazing video showing tens of thousands of Giant South American River turtle hatchlings (Podocnemis expansa) emerging from a sandy beach in a protected area along the Purus River – a tributary of the Amazon River in Brazil.

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MAHWAH, N.J. | November 25, 2020

Jaguar North America Teams up With WCS to Raise Awareness for International Jaguar Day

International Jaguar Day, marked each year on November 29, recognizes the magnificence of the jaguar and the need to protect it from extinction. Today, Jaguar North America, LLC announced its efforts to help raise awareness for the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to protect this mighty big cat of the Americas.

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NEW YORK, NY | November 23, 2020

HOPE AND JAGUARS: WCS Celebrates International Jaguar Day

To commemorate International Jaguar Day on Sunday, November 29^th, WCS is announcing a webinar of top jaguar experts to discuss conservation opportunities and threats facing the Americas only big cat species.

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NEW YORK, NY | November 20, 2020

Wildlife Conservation 20 (WC20) Warns: G20 Act Now to Invest in Nature or Face Biodiversity Collapse and Further Pandemics

A new initiative involving 20 of the world’s leading conservation organisations, including the Wildlife Conservation Society, today issued an unprecedented joint declaration to the G20 calling for urgent action to invest in nature to protect biodiversity, reduce the risk of future pandemics, and safeguard the long-term well-being and security of current and future human generations.

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NEW YORK, NY | November 16, 2020

Protect Wildlife. Protect Us.™

WCS has created a powerful 30-second PSA, narrated by award-winning actress, director and artist Lucy Liu, to raise awareness and spark action to advance legislation to prevent future pandemics.

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NEW YORK, NY | November 11, 2020

WCS and German Federal Foreign Office Hold Virtual Event: “One Planet, One Health, One Future: Moving Forward in a Post-COVID-19 World”

WCS and the German Federal Foreign Office announce a two-day conference on November 17-18: “One Planet, One Health, One Future: Moving Forward in a Post COVID-19 World.”

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NEW YORK, NY | November 10, 2020

Statement on the WCS US Policy Agenda

The following statement was released by Cristián Samper, President and CEO of the Wildlife Conservation Society:

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