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MEDIA RELEASE: Emmy-Winning Actor & Activist Peter Coyote Headlines Tule Elk Freedom Celebration

Emmy Award-winning narrator, actor, author and longtime activist Peter Coyote joined 100+ environmentalists and citizen-activists on March 1 to celebrate a historic…

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San Francisco Bay Area: Join the Tule Elk Freedom Party, on Saturday, March 1, 2025!

Tule Elk Freedom Party Sat. March 1 Mill Valley Comm. Center. Celebrate historic activist victory Point Reyes Nat'l Park free elk fewer beef & dairy cows.

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Victory at Point Reyes National Seashore! All Tule Elk Freed. Most Ranchers Will Leave

All 3 herds of Tule elk free at Point Reyes National Seashore landmark lawsuit settlement w. beef & dairy cow ranches, ranchers, The Nature Conservancy

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MEDIA RELEASE: Historic Victory: Ranching to End at Point Reyes National Seashore

In Defense of Animals and local activists are celebrating a historic lawsuit settlement agreement to phase out all dairies and most beef ranches at Point Reyes National…

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Support NPS Decision To Free Tule Elk & Oppose Cattlemen's Opposition

National Park Service frees Tule elk from fenced Reserve at Point Reyes National Seashore. California Cattlemen’s Association sues NPS for freeing elk.

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MEDIA RELEASE: Ranchers Sue NPS for Decision to Free Tule Elk

The National Park Service announced its final decision to dismantle the fence confining the largest Tule elk herd at Point Reyes National Seashore, but the California…

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UPDATE: Tule Elk Fence Removal Plan For Point Reyes Approved By California Coastal Commission

The California Coastal Commission’s speedy approval of the National Park Service’s proposal to dismantle the deadly, infamous, 8-foot-tall, 2-3-mile long fence will…

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MEDIA RELEASE: CA Coastal Commission Approves Point Reyes Elk Fence Removal

After years of campaigning to free Tule elk at Point Reyes National Seashore, In Defense of Animals applauds the California Coastal Commission’s approval of the…

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Celebrities Work To Free Tule Elk at Point Reyes National Seashore

Actors Kaley Cuoco, Lily Tomlin, and Alexandra Paul help In Defense of Animals’ campaign soliciting public comments supporting the National Park Service’s plan to…

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MEDIA RELEASE: 3 Celebrities Join Public Comments Drive to Free Tule Elk at Point Reyes

Actors Kaley Cuoco, Lily Tomlin, and Alexandra Paul have joined In Defense of Animals’ campaign soliciting public comments before June 5 supporting the National…

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Tell the National Park Service: YES! Take Down That Tule Elk Fence!

The National Park Service (NPS) has opened a final public comment period to dismantle the deadly Tule Elk Reserve fence at Point Reyes National Seashore.

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Join Tule Elk Town Hall #3 & Help the Elk!

Point Reyes National Seashore Tule Elk Reserve Zoom Town Hall #3, May 23, to help Tule elk by dismantling and removing the park’s elk fence and cattle ranches.

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MEDIA RELEASE: Public Urged to Support Freeing Point Reyes Tule Elk

In Defense of Animals is rallying its most enthusiastic support for dismantling the deadly 3-mile-long fence of the Tule Elk Reserve at Point Reyes National Seashore…

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Want More Tule Elk? Just Add Water!

Tule elk numbers rise at Point Reyes National Seashore, but the fence trapping them still needs to come down.

Where Do Tule Elk Stand Now?

Get the latest update about what’s happening with Tule elk, the deadly fence and cattle ranching at Point Reyes National Seashore.

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WATCH: Suiting Up to Show Cattle Industry Pollution — In a HazMat Suit!

Activism works! We showed up wearing a HazMat suit to a California Coastal Commission meeting to fight private cattle ranching.

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Celebrities Voice Support for Historic NPS Plan to Free Tule Elk at Point Reyes National Seashore

Celebrities Lily Tomlin, Jane Wagner and Peter Coyote are supporting an historic NPS plan to free elk at Point Reyes National Seashore.

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MEDIA RELEASE: Celebrities Support Historic NPS Plan to Free Elk at Point Reyes National Seashore

Celebrities Lily Tomlin, Jane Wagner and Peter Coyote have responded to the National Park Service’s call for public comments by giving their wholehearted support…

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2nd Online Town Hall Meeting to Free Point Reyes’ Tule Elk!

National Park Service seeks Public Comments at “Tule Elk (ZOOM) Town Hall #2” to free Point Reyes Tule Elk from Reserve fence at Point Reyes National Seashore.

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Support Historic Opportunity to Remove Deadly Tule Elk Fence!

The National Park Service is accepting public comments that could free the rare, native Tule elk of Point Reyes National Seashore in California from the deadly Tule…

Come One, Come All, to the Tule Elk (Virtual) Town Hall!

Learn all about the National Park Service’s proposal to remove the deadly elk fence and get answers to your Point Reyes Tule elk questions at In Defense of Animals’…

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UPDATE: The National Park Service Proposes Removing Tule Elk Fence at Point Reyes National Seashore!

Hundreds of Tule elk have died at Point Reyes National Seashore, and more continue to suffer in confinement due to a corrupt policy enforced by the park service

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MEDIA RELEASE: NPS Proposes Elk Fence Removal at Point Reyes Following Pressure Campaign

In Defense of Animals and The TreeSpirit Project are cautiously welcoming news that the National Park Service has proposed removing a controversial 3-mile-long fenced…

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WATCH: The Tule Elk Video the Park Service Doesn’t Want You to See

The National Park Service doesn’t want you to see this one male Tule elk suffering.

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