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Prevent Wolverines from Disappearing Forever

Target: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund

The Bush/Cheney administration has spurned the wolverine again, defying scientific evidence and refusing to list this rare creature under the Endangered Species Act.

New scientific evidence reported by Defenders of Wildlife documents the wolverine's uncertain future, raising concerns about the effects of global warming and continued trapping of this elusive carnivore.

But despite the growing threats to wolverines, the federal government has yet to act. And according to documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, the Bush/Cheney Administration even ignored the findings of its own on-the-ground scientists in order to block action to protect wolverines.

We need to let the Bush/Cheney administration know that we strongly believe wolverines and their habitat need federal protection, before it's too late.

Please sign our petition to the administration to list the wolverine as a protected species under the Endangered Species Act.

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 20,000
 

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To the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service:

I am deeply disturbed by the federal government's decision that again refuses to list the North American wolverine population occurring in the contiguous United States under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

A recent report by Defenders of Wildlife shows new scientific evidence that the wolverine is in desperate straits, under threat from global warming and human activity that are shrinking and fragmenting the wolverine's habitat. Wolverines are threatened by the isolation of their populations, trapping (which is still legal in Montana) and the disturbance of denning areas by snowmobiles and other recreational activities. The wolverine exists at extremely low numbers and reproduces very slowly, resulting in populations that are particularly vulnerable to these threats, especially females.
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We signed the “Prevent Wolverines from Disappearing Forever” petition!
# 14,450:
2:53 pm PDT, Apr 24, Name not displayed, Arizona
STOP THE MURDER OF ANIMALS!!!!!!! GET A CLUE PEOPLE, HUMANS ARE WHY ANIMALS ARE BECOMING ENDANGERED!!!! STOP PLEASE I PLEA WITH YOU STOP THIS EVIL.
# 14,449:
2:48 pm PDT, Apr 24, Tricia Bass, Washington
we need to keep the wolverine protected its a rare animal and we need to keep what ones there are, safe
# 14,448:
2:40 pm PDT, Apr 24, DONNA HARTNEY, Oregon
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2:32 pm PDT, Apr 24, Name not displayed, California
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2:32 pm PDT, Apr 24, Arleta Soares, California
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2:27 pm PDT, Apr 24, Robert Schell, Pennsylvania
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2:18 pm PDT, Apr 24, Penny Brackley, Maine
These are helpless animals when it comes dealing with humans. We need to provide areas for these animals to roam and eat....Why is it that people want to kill animals? Most were on the planet before us!
# 14,443:
1:47 pm PDT, Apr 24, Janet Shaffer, California
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1:33 pm PDT, Apr 24, Thomas Boughton, California
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1:32 pm PDT, Apr 24, Silver McAdams, Tennessee
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1:32 pm PDT, Apr 24, Name not displayed, California
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1:19 pm PDT, Apr 24, Walter Rothfus, Washington
we need wildlife BALANCE.
# 14,438:
1:15 pm PDT, Apr 24, David Cross, Indiana
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1:12 pm PDT, Apr 24, Beth Larson, Michigan
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12:53 pm PDT, Apr 24, Sunni Walker, Ohio
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12:17 pm PDT, Apr 24, Lynn Waddington, Washington
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12:11 pm PDT, Apr 24, Rowan Stormdancer-Brasier, Kansas
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12:03 pm PDT, Apr 24, Ashley Holmes, Indiana
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12:02 pm PDT, Apr 24, Jay Cortright, Florida
Preserve and protect. Please.
# 14,431:
12:00 pm PDT, Apr 24, Heather Burcham, California
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11:50 am PDT, Apr 24, Courtney Amoroso, Maryland
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11:49 am PDT, Apr 24, Gary Ruiz, California
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11:49 am PDT, Apr 24, Holly Galloway, New York
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11:48 am PDT, Apr 24, Charles Gray, North Carolina
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11:36 am PDT, Apr 24, Scott Catamas, California
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11:26 am PDT, Apr 24, Nancy M Holleman, California
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11:25 am PDT, Apr 24, Caleb Kulfan, Michigan
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11:21 am PDT, Apr 24, Name not displayed, Nevada
SAVE OUR WILD LIFE! nature has a place for all life! It's not nice to mess with Mother Nature!
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11:20 am PDT, Apr 24, Jill Margolis, New York
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11:19 am PDT, Apr 24, RICK EASTON, Arizona
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11:19 am PDT, Apr 24, Cathy Conroy, Washington
Has the human race developed "little man" syndrome??? Are we that threatened that we need to push all of these other animals into extinction? We are supposed to be gaurdians, not greedy fools.
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11:14 am PDT, Apr 24, Ginger Haycox, Pennsylvania
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11:13 am PDT, Apr 24, Christel Cooper, Texas
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11:12 am PDT, Apr 24, Marilyn Whitesides, New York
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11:10 am PDT, Apr 24, Chiara Prodani, Albania
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10:57 am PDT, Apr 24, Heidi Kooy, California
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10:49 am PDT, Apr 24, Liliya Paraketsova, Hawaii
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10:49 am PDT, Apr 24, Chris Quales, Tennessee
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9:58 am PDT, Apr 24, Name not displayed, Arizona
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9:54 am PDT, Apr 24, Shelly Fox, Iowa
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9:46 am PDT, Apr 24, Julie Rosenberry, Wisconsin
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9:37 am PDT, Apr 24, Hazel Bonner, South Dakota
Protect wolverines please.
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9:10 am PDT, Apr 24, Name not displayed, New Jersey
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8:41 am PDT, Apr 24, Orestis Papadopolos, Greece
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8:37 am PDT, Apr 24, Debra Goyette, New York
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8:26 am PDT, Apr 24, Panagiotis Chrysospathis, Greece
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8:19 am PDT, Apr 24, Christine Shields, Florida
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8:12 am PDT, Apr 24, Dennis Horvitz, New York
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7:58 am PDT, Apr 24, Lindsey Hebel M.Ed, Wisconsin
save the animals! They need a voice and we need to be that for them!
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7:32 am PDT, Apr 24, Sheila Guldin, Pennsylvania
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