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The Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild lands through careful science, international conservation, education, and the management of the world’s largest system of urban wildlife parks. These activities change attitudes toward nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in sustainable interaction on both a local and a global scale. WCS is committed to this work because we believe it essential to the integrity of life on Earth.

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June Issue:
Human Footprint

Poster Child of Climate Change
The federal Endangered Species Act now lists the polar bear as Threatened. A WCS study that showed Alaska’s bears are vulnerable to climate change helped inform this decision.

WCS's Dr. Sanderson comments

Bright Future for Bison
It will take a country and likely a century, but conservationists believe they can restore the American bison to a surprising amount of its former range.

A Cure for Congestion
Capital funding from the New York State Assembly will help the Bronx Zoo build an intermodal transportation parking facility to reduce congestion at its gates and in the surrounding streets.

Follow the Human Footprint
Tour 31 wild places from Bolivia to the Bronx and explore the challenges these sites face. Learn tips for green living so you can take a step to help WCS preserve the planet.

State of the Wild
WCS launches the 2008 edition of State of the Wild, called “a handbook for the coming rumble over life on Earth.” Excerpts, audio commentaries, photos, and more offer a taste of what’s inside.

Good News for Great Apes
With support from WCS, the government of Cameroon creates the world’s first sanctuary exclusively for the Cross River gorilla, the rarest of the four gorilla subspecies.

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