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Apex Protection Project, a Los Angeles based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and sanctuary, was created in 2015 to save the wolf species through education, rescue and advocacy.

No borders, no problem. Our next open hike event is on the horizon. More details on how to join are coming soon. Follow ...
08/22/2026

No borders, no problem.

Our next open hike event is on the horizon. More details on how to join are coming soon. Follow us and don’t miss out on the next big adventure. 🐺

08/21/2026

Neo falling asleep to head scratches is quite literally the best thing that could’ve happened to us today.

Virtually adopt Neo or any of our pack members and support Apex Protection Project by:
🐺 clicking the link in our bio
🐺 www.apexprotectionproject.org
🐺 donate through our Venmo or PayPal
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🚨ACTION ALERT! 🚨 The public comment period to defend the Roadless Rule opens August 20 and closes September 21, 2026.Go ...
08/20/2026

🚨ACTION ALERT! 🚨 The public comment period to defend the Roadless Rule opens August 20 and closes September 21, 2026.

Go to Regulations.gov and search Docket FS-2025-0001 or RIN 0596-AD66. Tell the U.S. Forest Service to withdraw the proposed repeal and retain the 2001 Roadless Rule.

Since 2001, the Roadless Rule has protected millions of acres of national forest from most new road construction and commercial logging. These intact, relatively undisturbed landscapes give wolves something they desperately need: space, connectivity, and refuge from human-caused mortality.

More roads through wild places can mean:

• More habitat fragmentation
• More logging and development
• More human access to remote wolf habitat
• Greater hunting and trapping access
• Increased risk of illegal killing
• Fewer secure corridors for wolves dispersing into new territory

This is especially concerning for recovering populations, including Mexican gray wolves in Arizona and New Mexico. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has recognized that suitable Mexican wolf habitat tends to have fewer roads and less human development because increased human access can lead to wolf mortality.

USDA estimates that repealing the rule could make permanent road construction permissible under existing forest plans across approximately 18.2 million acres where the Roadless Rule currently restricts it.

The Roadless Rule does not prohibit all forest management, wildfire response, recreation, or existing access. It helps prevent some of our remaining wild places from being carved apart one road at a time.

When you submit your comment, ask the Forest Service to fully consider how increased road construction, habitat fragmentation, logging, and human access could affect wolf mortality, dispersal, connectivity, and recovery.

08/16/2026

🌀Wolf loading - please wait.🌀

Happy Sunday from James and the Apex Rescue Pack! We hope your Sunday is spectacularly snuggly.😌

Virtually adopt James Bond or any of our pack members and support Apex Protection Project by:
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An endangered Mexican gray wolf was caught in a trap illegally set on public land in Catron County and died. The penalty...
08/15/2026

An endangered Mexican gray wolf was caught in a trap illegally set on public land in Catron County and died. The penalty for the trapper? He was told to download an app that shows where private and public land boundaries are.

New Mexico Wild has fought for the recovery of the Mexican gray wolf for years. Roxy’s Law made trapping on public lands a crime back in 2022, but a law only works if it’s enforced. This case shows how wide the gap can be between the law and what actually happens on the ground.

We’re not letting this one go. We’re part of a coalition of wildlife and conservation groups demanding real accountability, and we’re pushing for stronger protections against illegal trapping on New Mexico’s public lands.

Credit: New Mexico Wilderness Alliance

This one really hurts.💔We are utterly heartbroken to share this tragic news from Wolf Conservation Center — Trigger warn...
08/14/2026

This one really hurts.💔

We are utterly heartbroken to share this tragic news from Wolf Conservation Center —

Trigger warning: animal cruelty

Recently released records revealed that a Catron County (New Mexico) trapper killed a endangered Mexican gray wolf in 2025 after trapping him on public land. The trapper, who killed a Mexican wolf in 2013, suffocated the wolf with a sleeping bag during an alleged release attempt.

The Governor wanted the Attorney General to prosecute and the Department of Wildlife tried to file charges, but both attempts were rejected. Instead of being charged with violating the Endangered Species Act and Roxy’s Law, which bans trapping on public lands, the NM Department of Justice ordered the trapper to download an app that shows the boundaries between public and private land.

The wolf, AM2765, was the breeding male of the Frieborn pack and was raising pups with his mate when he was killed.

Thank you Wolf Conservation Center for sharing this difficult news and for keeping us informed. 💔🙏
Credit: Wolf Conservation Center

08/13/2026

Sing it, Kona!

This International Wolf Day, don’t just celebrate wolves … help us defend them.In Congress, lawmakers continue to push l...
08/13/2026

This International Wolf Day, don’t just celebrate wolves … help us defend them.

In Congress, lawmakers continue to push legislation that would remove federal protections from gray wolves and restrict the ability of courts to review those decisions.

Across the Northern Rockies, wolves outside federally protected boundaries face some of the country’s most aggressive hunting and trapping policies. Montana recently revised its estimated wolf population down to roughly 725 animals, yet is considering allowing 250 wolves to be killed through hunting and trapping in the coming season.

And just this week, we learned the outcome of the investigation into Colorado wolf 2504-BC—a federally and state-protected wolf who was shot by a hunter who said he mistook her for a coyote. The consequence was a laughable $140 citation.

These stories may happen hundreds of miles apart, under different laws and different circumstances. But together, they tell us something important: wolf recovery remains fragile. A population can grow and still need protection. A species can return and still be persecuted.

And a conservation success can be reversed if we begin treating survival as the finish line. Recovery should mean more than maintaining the smallest number of wolves society is willing to tolerate.

Speak up against political delisting and extreme hunting policies. Demand science-based management. Support nonlethal coexistence. Defend the Endangered Species Act. And remind decision-makers that wildlife should not have to reach the brink of extinction before we decide it is worth protecting.

Most importantly, join the movement.

Apex is proud to stand alongside Team Wolf. Visit TeamWolf.org to join the pack and protect the howl.

TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO SPEAK UP FOR WOLVES! Montana’s wolf population estimate just dropped dramatically and the state i...
08/11/2026

TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO SPEAK UP FOR WOLVES!

Montana’s wolf population estimate just dropped dramatically and the state is still preparing to move forward with another aggressive hunting and trapping season.

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ updated model now estimates 725 wolves statewide, down from 1,094 under the original model,
a roughly 34% difference. FWP also acknowledges that the updated model has not yet undergone scientific peer review and indicates a steeper population decline since 2021 than the previous model. Even so, the agency is proposing a statewide hunting and trapping quota of 250 wolves, while also proposing to remove the quota on certain additional agency and conflict-related lethal removals that FWP says have recently accounted for another 20–40 wolves per year.

Public comments close tomorrow, August 12. This is one of the last opportunities to tell the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission that major wildlife decisions should not be made using population estimates that are still preliminary and awaiting peer review. The Commission may take final action on August 19.

HOW TO COMMENT:
1. Go to Montana FWP’s August 19 Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting page.
2. Scroll down to “Fall 2026–Winter 2027 Furbearer / Wolf Hunting and Trapping Seasons, Quotas, and Regulations.”
3. Scroll beneath the proposal documents to the public-comment survey.
4. Submit your comment through the online portal by August 12. FWP also allows supporting letters or documents to be attached to the survey.

SUGGESTED COMMENT:
I urge the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission to reject the proposed 2026–27 wolf hunting and trapping regulations and establish a moratorium on recreational wolf killing until Montana can demonstrate that its management decisions are supported by transparent, reliable and peer-reviewed population science.

Please pause recreational wolf hunting and trapping until the updated population model has been fully reviewed and the public can have confidence that Montana’s wolf management decisions are based on the best available science.

Raise your voice & Join the Pack at TeamWolf.org

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