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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!

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8:09 am PDT, Aug 7, Lauren Corpus, Illinois

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8:06 am PDT, Aug 7, Bryon Gliem, Pennsylvania

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8:04 am PDT, Aug 7, Jeremy Razo, Illinois
Stop this is cruel we are killing almost animal & we will soon regret them being hunted.

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8:04 am PDT, Aug 7, Name not displayed, Texas

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8:03 am PDT, Aug 7, Phyllis Luffman, Tennessee
Please stop the murdering of wolves, they are beautiful and rare. They are just more of God's creatures being destroyed.

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7:58 am PDT, Aug 7, Name not displayed, Oregon

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7:58 am PDT, Aug 7, John J. McLean, Washington
As usual, the people that "represent" us are doing what they wish for greed. And, also as usual we the people will let them get away with it yet again.

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7:56 am PDT, Aug 7, Name not displayed, Italy

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7:56 am PDT, Aug 7, Name not displayed, Florida

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7:55 am PDT, Aug 7, John L. Snyder, Ohio

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7:55 am PDT, Aug 7, Lauren Cg, Kentucky

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7:54 am PDT, Aug 7, Name not displayed, New Hampshire
Is this course of action truly necessary?

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7:52 am PDT, Aug 7, DAVID MAHOOD, North Carolina
This argument is about elemental and irrational fear stemming from bad information and bad dreams. It has been an ecological nightmare for many areas due to the lack of natural predators. Why do we continue this folly any longer.

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7:50 am PDT, Aug 7, D'Ann Miller, Texas

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7:49 am PDT, Aug 7, Name not displayed, California
Wolves are my favorite animal!

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7:49 am PDT, Aug 7, Todd Schau, Ohio

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7:47 am PDT, Aug 7, Lynne Cameron, Maryland
EXTINCT IS FOREVER YOU IDIOTS! Please stop this barbaric practice.

# 20,233:

7:47 am PDT, Aug 7, Heather Cary, Michigan

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7:47 am PDT, Aug 7, Fred Maloney, Pennsylvania
Such a tradegy Human Wolves killing Natures wolves. Cattle Farmers and ranches are on US property not private. We as Americans do not want our wild life killed for the sake of buck. You are entrusted with a sacred mission to protect and care for Americans land not just for the rich but for the poor. Oppose your leader when he is doing wrong the germans didn't and look what happen to them?????????? Say no to Texas morality live by the gun.

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7:43 am PDT, Aug 7, Carol David, Texas
Please stop this action wolves are necessary for the purpose of keeping nature as it should be. We are the ones stepping on ltheir grounds.

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7:40 am PDT, Aug 7, Suzanne Garrison, Maryland
I am Native American. Wolves are nessacary to the ecosystem of the woods. I love wolves and want to see them run free. I would give anything to be able to run free like the wolves.

# 20,229:

7:39 am PDT, Aug 7, Roseanne Hauck, New Jersey

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7:39 am PDT, Aug 7, Alan Molumby, Illinois
This is an atrocity and it should be stopped.

# 20,227:

7:35 am PDT, Aug 7, Sharon Lerch, New York
Please call off the killing of this precious wildlife...

# 20,226:

7:33 am PDT, Aug 7, Yuiko Mitani, Japan

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7:29 am PDT, Aug 7, Heather Freeman, Kentucky
this is a atrocity that should be stoped. our national parks are supposed to be a safe haven for animals, such as wolves and your going to order them to be killed. that's not right and that's not what the parks were created for. they were created to protect the enviroment and wolves are a part of that. please stop the act of the killing of over 700 wolves. its not right. we need to help preserve our world, not kill it. they have just as much right to live here as we do.

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7:24 am PDT, Aug 7, Donna Sammond, South Carolina

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7:23 am PDT, Aug 7, Osvaldo Cabral, Colorado

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7:21 am PDT, Aug 7, Eileen Walsh, Pennsylvania
Dear Sirs: Please respect the wildlife in Yellowstone National Park. The wolf is a sentient being and has a right to be here. They should not be sacrificed to satisfy the ego of a big-game hunter. That anyone would hunt big game for the purpose of getting a trophy is repugnant to the human soul.

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7:20 am PDT, Aug 7, Michelle Murphy, Pennsylvania

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7:16 am PDT, Aug 7, Richard Lilly, Texas
I think that this Administration is losing touch with the American public and its wishes and desires. PROTECT the natural environment to INCLUDE the wolves!!!!

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7:15 am PDT, Aug 7, Randall Keil, Virgin Islands
wolves serve a very necessary function by culling the deer and elk populations. Removing them from the ecosystem will condem many deer and elk to starvation due to overpopulation. There is also the possibility of disease spreading thru the population because the sick are not removed by the wolves.

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7:14 am PDT, Aug 7, Name not displayed, Florida
Wolves are very cool animals and killing them isn't cool at all... Please don't kill these wonderful animals.

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7:11 am PDT, Aug 7, Laura Gagnon, New York

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7:09 am PDT, Aug 7, Anie Rose, New Jersey
Let's do it! Protect Protect Protect!

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7:06 am PDT, Aug 7, Candace Curtin, Massachusetts

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7:05 am PDT, Aug 7, Josephine Mc, Ireland
Has man not wiped out enough beautiful Creatures....when will you learn, leave the animals alone the share this planet too

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7:04 am PDT, Aug 7, Terri Adams, Colorado

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7:03 am PDT, Aug 7, Stacy Brainard, Texas
Why would you, a public official, want to kill a protected species? Are these wonderful creatures such a threat that humans must wipe them out? Why do we hesitate to execute murderers, rapists, child molesters and the likes, but do not hesitate for one moment to wipe out a very important part of nature?

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7:02 am PDT, Aug 7, Name not displayed, New York
Let people treat other people the way people treat animals..it is soo very sad!!

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7:00 am PDT, Aug 7, WILLOW YAKUSH, New York
These are living creatures and can't stop you from what you are doing but we can try. If you were the one of these wolves you would not want to be slaughtered. These wolves live and breathe the air we braeth.So stop the killing and let them live.

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6:59 am PDT, Aug 7, Valerie Franck, Illinois
Please STOP the negativity; you are hurting all future chances of ANY Republican ever winning any presidential elections again!

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6:58 am PDT, Aug 7, Daniella C�rdenas, Peru
We must protect our wolves and our environment. Both we were created by God. If you need to reduce their population better send them to the zoos.

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6:57 am PDT, Aug 7, Sheryl C. Phelps, California
Wolves MUST be protected on our national lands. They were here first.

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6:56 am PDT, Aug 7, Name not displayed, Virginia

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6:53 am PDT, Aug 7, Kevin Feeney, Virginia
As an Environmental Specialist working for the Federal Government and, having lived for numerous years outside of Yellowstone, in my opinion, wolves are extremely beneficial to the elk, mule deer, and white tail deer population in the areas. Their populatons should be expanded for the rest of the states in question, not reduced. Wolves prevent mass die offs of deer populations and help to promote healthier herd populations.

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6:52 am PDT, Aug 7, STEPHANIE YAKUSH, New York
BUSH'S POLICY HAS ALWAYS BEEN RUN OVER, KILL, DESTROY WHATEVER IS IN THE WAY OF WHAT HE WANTS. WOLVES ARE A PART OF NATURE - THEY ARE HERE FOR A REASON AND CAN NOT FIGHT FOR THEM SELVES SO WE MUST STOP THE SLAUGHTER.

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6:52 am PDT, Aug 7, Jennifer Gans, Florida

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6:50 am PDT, Aug 7, Kathy Park, Pennsylvania
Stand up and act. Save the wolves!!!

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6:48 am PDT, Aug 7, Name not displayed, Oklahoma

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