Help The penguins

Overview

Defenders of Wildlife is a nonprofit conservation organization focused on saving imperiled wildlife and wild places. Defenders has long been a leader in developing innovative techniques for protecting endangered species such as wolves, polar bears, sea otters, and big cats.

Mission

Defenders of Wildlife is a national, nonprofit wildlife conservation organization dedicated to the preservation and restoration of all native wildlife in their natural communities.

Programs

Defenders of Wildlife employs education, litigation, research, legislation and advocacy to defend wildlife and its habitat. In each program area, an interdisciplinary team of scientists, attorneys, wildlife specialists and educators works to promote multi-faceted solutions to wildlife problems. Defenders protects all native species, including predators that are all-important indicators of a balanced natural environment, while promoting conservation of entire ecosystems and interconnected habitats. Defenders is proud of a long list of accomplishments over the last 60 years, from our key role in enacting the remarkably successful Endangered Species Act to the historic reintroduction of gray wolves to Yellowstone National Park.