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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!
# 100:
12:16 pm PDT, Jul 13, Name not displayed, Texas
# 99:
12:16 pm PDT, Jul 13, Name not displayed, Texas
# 98:
12:16 pm PDT, Jul 13, Susan McDargh, Pennsylvania
# 97:
12:15 pm PDT, Jul 13, Ken Takacs, Florida
Please do not commit this despicable killing of wolves.
# 96:
12:15 pm PDT, Jul 13, Bill Forbes, Texas
# 95:
12:14 pm PDT, Jul 13, Cynthia Hodges, Texas
It is really irresponsible to kill wolves. They are part of the natural balance of nature. Ecosystems will probably collapse without them. Please don't kill them and interfere with Nature's plan.
# 94:
12:13 pm PDT, Jul 13, Karen Lehmann, Pennsylvania
This is outrageous. What is wrong with this government?
# 93:
12:13 pm PDT, Jul 13, Jan Cunningham, Texas
Wolves are part of the environment in the Yellowstone area and they should remain that way. We wiped them out once, along with buffalo and native americas. If you guys want to shoot guns, volunteer for Iraq and take the place of one of our military personnel who does not want to be there.
# 92:
12:12 pm PDT, Jul 13, John Feeney, Colorado
# 90:
12:12 pm PDT, Jul 13, Name not displayed, West Virginia
This is not wildlife "service", it's wildlife slaughter, and it's unjustifiable and foolish. These wolves do NOT pose a threat to anyone, they play an important role in the balance of nature, and we need to stop screwing around with that balance for the financial benefit of a small few. It is also cruel, inhumane, and indefensible. STOP this from happening.
# 89:
12:11 pm PDT, Jul 13, John Daly, Vermont
# 88:
12:11 pm PDT, Jul 13, Cynthia Frank, Florida
please save the wolves!!!!
# 87:
12:11 pm PDT, Jul 13, Susan Rainey, Ohio
Are we doomed to repeat history? We killed off all wolves once before and it threw nature out of balance. Now that we have almost corrected that monumental error, why do we want to do it again? Wolves have purpose - do not repeat this shameful part of our history.
# 86:
12:11 pm PDT, Jul 13, Paige Heaberlin, Iowa
Studies have showen that healthy adult wolves have never attacked human beings. And you wouldn't kill your dog would you so why kill a wolf?
# 85:
12:10 pm PDT, Jul 13, Lisa J. Clark, Ohio
nothing needs to be said but ignorance is not bliss.
# 84:
12:09 pm PDT, Jul 13, Deborah Hurley, Kansas
This entire situation almost makes me sad to be an American. We need to do everything within our power to protect these wonderful animals.
# 83:
12:09 pm PDT, Jul 13, Erik Ohlson, Pennsylvania
# 82:
12:08 pm PDT, Jul 13, Name not displayed, New Mexico
# 81:
12:08 pm PDT, Jul 13, Margaret Wren, Minnesota
An unbelievable proposal from a so called civilised adminsitration.
# 80:
12:08 pm PDT, Jul 13, Rachel Lewis, Texas
Don't kill our wolves! Why would you do that! The are endangered! You're supposed to protect them not kill them!!!
# 79:
12:08 pm PDT, Jul 13, Patricia Maizland, Pennsylvania
Unless the wolves are dying off because of lack of food or are an actual threat to the people in the area, please leave them alone. They are God's creatures and deserve to live!
# 78:
12:08 pm PDT, Jul 13, Karen Singley, Georgia
# 77:
12:08 pm PDT, Jul 13, Leah Foster, Louisiana
# 76:
12:07 pm PDT, Jul 13, Michele DeBacker, Oregon
# 75:
12:07 pm PDT, Jul 13, Mujeeb Shad, Texas
Please be kind to the animals, if not for their sake for the sake of your own human race and your children and grand children. The animals are an integral part of a homeostasis in the nature. If this balance gets disturbed, we may not be able to survive our ownself. That will be the end of human and all other races and sepcies on the face of the Earth. Please don't cut the branch on which you are sitting.
# 74:
12:07 pm PDT, Jul 13, Sibyl Hancock, Arizona
# 73:
12:06 pm PDT, Jul 13, Katherine Johnson, Oregon
# 72:
12:05 pm PDT, Jul 13, Lisa Logan, Missouri
# 71:
12:05 pm PDT, Jul 13, William Hirschfeld, New Mexico
# 70:
12:05 pm PDT, Jul 13, Liz Barnhart, Illinois
# 69:
12:04 pm PDT, Jul 13, Nicole Szary, Florida
# 68:
12:04 pm PDT, Jul 13, Christina Bach, New York
# 67:
12:04 pm PDT, Jul 13, Name not displayed, Florida
It is unconscionable to image that while an endangered animal is on the protected list, plans by our Nation's Chief Executive, President Bush and his hand-picked second, Vice-President Dick Cheney are endorsing a plan to annihilate these already harrassed wild wolves. If there was a NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT AWARD, Bush and Cheney would get my VOTE! Let this non-sensical effort to destroy one of nature's gifts END immediately!!!
# 66:
12:04 pm PDT, Jul 13, Art Felsinger, Arizona
# 65:
12:04 pm PDT, Jul 13, Carol Ann Schultz, Massachusetts
Stop Killing Wolves NOW
# 64:
12:03 pm PDT, Jul 13, Rev. J. Richard Fowler, Connecticut
# 63:
12:03 pm PDT, Jul 13, Beth Crews, North Carolina
# 62:
12:03 pm PDT, Jul 13, Nigel Ward, Florida
why would you destroy the beauty of nature.
# 61:
12:03 pm PDT, Jul 13, Name not displayed, Florida
# 60:
12:02 pm PDT, Jul 13, Adam Steinberg, Colorado
# 59:
12:01 pm PDT, Jul 13, Sasha Moghimi, Florida
# 58:
12:01 pm PDT, Jul 13, Kayleigh Wilson, Canada
# 57:
12:01 pm PDT, Jul 13, Shearon Law, Texas
I just don't understand the mentality of slaughtering such a beautiful animal that is so much a part of the American history. It is a life-and any life deserves the consideration of being able to exist in nature without being shot in such a inhumane way. What has this world come to? Are we the keepers of this Earth- or tyrants that have no regard for life? Are we Animal Terrorists? I think so? I absolutely protest this and think very little of those who promote it!
# 56:
12:01 pm PDT, Jul 13, Sandra Woolard, North Carolina
you can not kill them they have been here for we came here they are part of my back hister I am partcherokee you can not kill the wolves
# 55:
12:00 pm PDT, Jul 13, Becky Goebel, Wisconsin
bush and co. care about nothing but themselves
# 54:
12:00 pm PDT, Jul 13, Felicia Payne, Indiana
# 53:
11:59 am PDT, Jul 13, Elaine Gabrielson, Massachusetts
I'm sure that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service can find a better way to spend MY TAX DOLLARS than on the senseless slaughter of wolves.
# 52:
11:59 am PDT, Jul 13, Dana Simmons, Idaho
Please do not allow this to happen to our wolves. They also deserve a place to live and raise their young without having to be afraid.
# 51:
11:59 am PDT, Jul 13, Gene Zilberstein, Oregon
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