A House committee has approved the Pet and Livestock Protection Act, a bill that would remove gray wolves from the Endangered Species List and block federal protections. Supporters call it a win for ranchers, while critics warn it threatens wolf recovery and ecological balance.

https://wildhunt.org/2025/04/bill-to-strip-gray-wolves-of-federal-protections-passes-key-committee.html

#graywolves #EndangeredSpecies #PALPA #nationalwildlifefederation #PetAndLivestockActof2025 #agriculture

[Editorial] It's about time someone stood up for the US's persecuted Christian minority ~ Until now the Christians have had to suffer in silence. Now, thanks to the Trump administration, they can complain in anonymity.

https://wildhunt.org/2025/04/editorial-its-about-time-someone-stood-up-for-the-u-s-s-persecuted-christian-minority.html

#religion #politics #satire #antichristianbias #religiousminorities #lgbtqrights #witchcraft #pagan

“I should pour a little of this back onto the roots,” they say as we dip spoons in the maple syrup and argue about whether to reduce it more. “Pay it back.” “Why wouldn’t you give it something from your world?” I ask. “It gave you something of itself.” “You want me to give it blood?”

https://wildhunt.org/2025/04/spring-magic.html

#spring #cauldron #harvest #maplesyrup #plantingseeds #pregnancy #transgender #pagan #witchcraft

Pagan Community Notes: April 10, 2025

In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Pagans join the Religious Freedom Summit in D.C.; also in D.C., a panel on covering Paganisms in journalism; the Drowning of Morana ritual; the Pink Moon is coming; Star’s Tarot of the Week—and more.

https://wildhunt.org/2025/04/pagan-community-notes-week-of-april-10-2025.html

#pinkmoon #americansunitedforseparationofchurchandstate #circlesanctuary #cuups #covenantofthegoddess #fullmoon #religiousnewsservice #summitforreligiousfreedom #tarot #pagan #witches #wicca

The Trump administration’s revocation of Executive Order 14112, which aimed to strengthen tribal sovereignty and streamline federal support for Tribal Nations, has sparked concern among Native leaders who see the move as a setback for self-determination and government-to-government relations.

https://wildhunt.org/2025/04/rescinding-executive-order-on-tribal-sovereignty-raises-concerns-among-native-leaders.html

#TribalSovereignty #TribalNationsSummit #ExecutiveOrder #indigenous #NativeAmericans #trumpadministration #economicdevelopment

Colossal Biosciences claims to have revived the dire wolf, but experts argue the result is more marketing than resurrection—a genetically modified gray wolf dressed in Ice Age myth and hype. Sadly, we’ll still need asteroids.

https://wildhunt.org/2025/04/a-game-of-clones-the-resurrection-of-the-dire-wolf.html

#genetics #direwolf #colossalbiosciences #direwolves #iceage #wolves #pagan #science

After two decades, the Grand Egyptian Museum will open this summer near the Giza’s pyramids. The museum will span over 120 acres and showcase over 100,000 artifacts, including Tutankhamun’s treasures. It will dwarf the Louvre, the MET, and British Museum in size.

https://wildhunt.org/2025/04/the-grand-egyptian-museum-is-about-to-open-and-will-dwarf-the-louvre-the-met-and-british-museum-in-size.html

#GrandEgyptianMuseum #egyptology #archaeology #egypt #ancientegyptianspirituality #repatriation #giza #tutankhamun

TWH reports from yesterday’s Hands Off protest in Washington, D.C., where organizers say that over 100,000 attendees gathered to protest the Trump administration’s attempts to slash federal programs – some of whom were wearing pentacles and Mjolnir pendents.

https://wildhunt.org/2025/04/a-dispatch-from-dc-hands-off-protests.html

#handsoff #protest #donaldtrump #elonmusk #washington #doge #politics #pagan

Death is a disintegration of the old in favor of the true. Who are we, what are we, where are we, why are we, and how are we in this lifetime? We can ask the same of our ancestors and ancients, just as our children and descendants will ask the same of us.

https://wildhunt.org/2025/04/death-helps-us-find-balance-between-too-much-and-not-enough.html

#death #transformation #tarot #pussyriot #josephcampbell #riderwaitesmith #victorygardens #anoxia #witchcraft #hypoxia #pagan

The rise, rapid development, and adoption of AI-generated art poses an existential question which goes beyond base issues of consumption, mass media, and copyright law. AI art challenges what it means to be human, what we can aspire to be, and the nature of existence beyond the realm of material reality.

https://wildhunt.org/2025/04/ai-art-and-the-death-of-the-spirit.html

#aiartwork #chatgtp #havamal #inspiration #odin #openai #pagan #spirituality #technology