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Stop the Latest Assault on Our Wolves

Target: Western Gray Wolf Recovery Coordinator
Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund

The Bush/Cheney Administration has announced two proposals to jumpstart the killing of hundreds of wolves in the Yellowstone area and elsewhere in the Northern Rockies.

Officials in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are now seeking public comment on the agency's proposal to accept Wyoming's disastrous wolf management plan and to give Idaho and Wyoming vast new powers to kill wolves -- even while these magnificent animals remain listed under the Endangered Species Act.

The deadline for comments on these two flawed proposals is Monday, August 6th. Please sign our petition to send your message to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service right now!

deadline: 8-6-2007
goal: 50,000

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The deadline for comments on these anti-wolf plans was August 6th - thank you for your actions! This petition is now closed.
You can still help wolves. Representative George Miller (D-CA) will be introducing legislation in September to close a loophole in the Federal Airborne Hunting Act to prohibit aerial gunning of wolves. Urge your representative to protect wolves by co-sponsoring this bill!

SL: RE: RIN 1018-AU53 and RIN 1018-AV39

Dear Western Gray Wolf Recovery Coordinator,

As a supporter of Defenders of Wildlife, I strongly oppose the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's recent proposals regarding the management of gray wolves in the Northern Rockies (RIN 1018-AV39 and RIN 1018-AU53).

Specifically, I object to the Service's plan to redefine what are seen as "unacceptable impacts" on elk and other species (RIN 1018-AV39). The new, vaguer definition would cause wolves to be killed not just for causing game populations to fall below state targets, but also if wolves affect deer or elk movements or behavior in almost any way.

Such an approach is not based on sound science. According to the state wildlife agency estimates, game populations are thriving in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.

I believe the revised definition would pose an unacceptable threat to the long term survival of gray wolves in the Northern Rockies. Under the proposed definition, endangered wolves could be killed just for fulfilling their natural role in the Northern Rockies' interconnected ecosystem -- down to only 200 wolves per state.

I also strongly oppose the proposal to accept Wyoming's management plan for gray wolves and remove gray wolves in that state from the list of Threatened and Endangered Species (RIN 1018-AU53). The plan now supported by your agency is strikingly similar to the proposal the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has rightly opposed until recently.

Wyoming's plan would classify wolves as "predatory animals" in the majority of the state, allowing wolves to be shot on sight by anyone at anytime. Trapping, baiting, and possibly even poisoning would also become legal.

Wyoming officials have already announced plans to kill all but 100 wolves as soon as possible, and to manage wolves at the lowest population levels that are legally permissible going forward.

Both of these proposals threaten the future of wolves in the Northern Rockies, and both should be rejected.

Thank you for considering my comments.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]
[Your Address]

We signed the “Stop the Latest Assault on Our Wolves” petition!

# 50:

11:59 am PDT, Jul 13, Marcia Shivar, Ohio

# 49:

11:59 am PDT, Jul 13, Ursula Mecking, Virginia

# 48:

11:58 am PDT, Jul 13, Joseph Indovina, Pennsylvania

# 47:

11:58 am PDT, Jul 13, William Kooi, Oklahoma
Rather than thinking only of the short-term profits of industries, we must learn to think of the long-term preservation of the ecosystem! This preservation includes the pieces we don't particularly like, and don't particularly understand! These wolves have made a comeback from near extinction -- don't let them be endangered again!

# 46:

11:58 am PDT, Jul 13, Kevin Losso, Massachusetts
Do we Americans really need to kill anything that moves?

# 45:

11:57 am PDT, Jul 13, Denise Schwab, New York
That's horrible. Eventually, we will wind up in a world where the only place you can see an animal is in a zoo. Please do not kill these beautiful animals.

# 44:

11:56 am PDT, Jul 13, Lyn Pilcicki, Maryland

# 43:

11:56 am PDT, Jul 13, Danielle De Litta - Seger, Texas
All life is precious. Go Vegan and save even more lives! www.goveg.com

# 42:

11:56 am PDT, Jul 13, Thomas Gorgas, Illinois

# 41:

11:56 am PDT, Jul 13, Tasha Halleman, Colorado
this is really wrong and they stop

# 40:

11:55 am PDT, Jul 13, Theresa Turner, Kansas
And after the wolves are gone, what next? Rabbits? Deer? Where does the killing stop? It has to stop with YOU! Do not implement this horrible act against God and nature.

# 39:

11:55 am PDT, Jul 13, Charles Byrne, Illinois

# 38:

11:55 am PDT, Jul 13, Elaine Nissen, Minnesota
Have we learned nothing?

# 37:

11:54 am PDT, Jul 13, Stephanie Beck, Oregon

# 36:

11:54 am PDT, Jul 13, Rauncie Ryan, New York
It is a great honor to be caretakers of this beautiful earth. Look into your hearts and not your wallets....this is wrong!!!!! Let them live in peace.

# 35:

11:53 am PDT, Jul 13, Gail Carpiniello, Massachusetts
Why can't mankind just leave the animals alone, animals don't bother anyone... just STOP!!!! How would you like someone shooting, maliciously murdering you for no reason... we didn't like it when we were attacked by outsiders - how is mankind any different toward animals...

# 34:

11:52 am PDT, Jul 13, Steven marc Weiss, Iowa

# 33:

11:52 am PDT, Jul 13, Name not displayed, North Carolina

# 32:

11:50 am PDT, Jul 13, Jennifer Beckman, Maryland
This a heinously cruel act you have proposed--and, before you respond with an admonition to "think logically," I ask: would such a proposition's heinous cruelty not be enough to render it unlawful against human beings? Wolves are fantastically intelligent creatures with close and complex family bonds, much like your own. Or not?

# 31:

11:49 am PDT, Jul 13, Cobi F., Alabama
This is just sickening to me! Just another way for this totalitarian regime to desecrate our country's ecology, wildlife and habitat. The arrogance stinks and I, personally (and I think I can speak for millions when I say this), am sick of it. I am using my right as a citizen to speak out in opposition of this. I, as an American, oppose this...

# 30:

11:49 am PDT, Jul 13, Brian Harman, Missouri

# 29:

11:49 am PDT, Jul 13, Name not displayed, Kentucky

# 28:

11:48 am PDT, Jul 13, Lisa Ghariani, Oklahoma
I oppose the sanctioning of killing 700 wolves in our national wildlife areas. This is a crime against nature.

# 27:

11:47 am PDT, Jul 13, Edward Walker, United Kingdom
Just leave them alone

# 26:

11:47 am PDT, Jul 13, Name not displayed, Kansas
Please refrain for letting this happen, this type of ramrodding is motivated by personal benefits and political manevering and is not based on nature or environmental balance. A totally wrong approach to any such decision making.

# 24:

11:46 am PDT, Jul 13, Emily Vivian, Arizona
Not only are wolves amazing animals but they are absolutely vital to the survival of our natural environment and ecology. Save our wolves!

# 23:

11:46 am PDT, Jul 13, Jeanne Rodriguez, Texas
I don't think that it is mans right to kill such beautiful animals. GOD put them here for a reason. If HE didn't want them here he would make them go extinct not men.

# 22:

11:44 am PDT, Jul 13, Donna Fakharpour, Massachusetts
This proposal to exterminate America's wolves is absolutely repulsive. I strongly urge that it not be implemented.

# 21:

11:44 am PDT, Jul 13, Wanda Doss, Tennessee
I think that the Wolves are awesome creatures and they demand our love & respect. We should do everything in our power to protect them.But we are the world and oh how we love to destroy!!

# 20:

11:44 am PDT, Jul 13, Name not displayed, Alabama

# 19:

11:43 am PDT, Jul 13, Jenn Ryall, Kentucky

# 18:

11:42 am PDT, Jul 13, Jennifer Langin, Illinois

# 17:

11:41 am PDT, Jul 13, Mary Fixmer, Texas
Please stop this cruel killing of wolves!

# 16:

11:41 am PDT, Jul 13, Martha Shetline, Ohio

# 15:

11:39 am PDT, Jul 13, Name not displayed, Michigan

# 14:

11:38 am PDT, Jul 13, Jocelyn Hutchens, Michigan

# 13:

11:38 am PDT, Jul 13, Debra Gable, Florida
These are magnificiant creatures and must be protected.

# 12:

11:37 am PDT, Jul 13, Name not displayed, Ohio
you can not kill them they have been here for we came here they are part of my back hister I am cherokee you can not kill the wolves

# 11:

11:35 am PDT, Jul 13, Yanina Panchishina, New York

# 10:

11:33 am PDT, Jul 13, Karin Braunsberger, Florida

# 9:

11:29 am PDT, Jul 13, Paul Raymond Walsh, New York

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11:26 am PDT, Jul 13, Pratish Krishnan, India

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10:26 am PDT, Jul 13, Sara Fraley, Virginia

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9:55 am PDT, Jul 13, Letty Ferraez, Mexico

# 5:

9:44 am PDT, Jul 13, Paola Due�as, Mexico

# 4:

9:39 am PDT, Jul 13, Vanessa Fenech, Malta

# 3:

9:30 am PDT, Jul 13, Gino Foti, Massachusetts

# 2:

9:14 am PDT, Jul 13, Dana Curtis, Kentucky
Do your job and protect the wolves! We are running out of time for our natural and precious resources in land and the native animals who make their homes in our lands. again, DO YOUR JOB AND PROTECT THE WOLVES!

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9:08 am PDT, Jul 13, Name not displayed, Florida

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