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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!
# 14,500:
1:55 am PDT, Apr 26, Frederic Goddet, France
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11:13 pm PDT, Apr 25, Anni Harbaugh, California
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6:30 pm PDT, Apr 25, Chris Kuhar, Virginia
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3:13 pm PDT, Apr 25, Anna Fornarelli, Italy
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3:01 pm PDT, Apr 25, Tammy Sanderfield, Illinois
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2:14 pm PDT, Apr 25, Megan Grant, Illinois
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1:05 pm PDT, Apr 25, Joe Lorang, New York
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11:52 am PDT, Apr 25, Tabitha McCoy, Florida
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10:35 am PDT, Apr 25, Rachel Forbes, Ohio
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9:58 am PDT, Apr 25, Stéphanie ROSSENU, France
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8:11 am PDT, Apr 25, Julie Schubeler, United Kingdom
It's just the right thing to do. Animals have as much right to exist on this planet as people do; plus they are not parasitic the way people are - we are systematically destroying this world; let's redress the balance somewhat.
# 14,489:
5:00 am PDT, Apr 25, Sharon Vennelwieber, Georgia
let nature take its course. sharon vennelwieber
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3:46 am PDT, Apr 25, Bruno Caetano, Portugal
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9:46 pm PDT, Apr 24, Robert Schraders, New Zealand
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8:14 pm PDT, Apr 24, Nancy Hristodoulou, New York
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6:56 pm PDT, Apr 24, Amy Vest, Delaware
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6:33 pm PDT, Apr 24, Kathleen Shea-Barber, Michigan
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6:31 pm PDT, Apr 24, Name not displayed, California
Horrible ugly people to do such things to animals and their Earth!
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6:16 pm PDT, Apr 24, Lisa M. Barfield-McCarty, Mississippi
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5:50 pm PDT, Apr 24, Paula S. Tytlar, New York
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5:43 pm PDT, Apr 24, Paula Grimek, Oregon
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5:33 pm PDT, Apr 24, Sarah Hawkinson, California
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5:23 pm PDT, Apr 24, Tina Thomas, Pennsylvania
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5:09 pm PDT, Apr 24, Ana Boyadzhyan, California
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5:03 pm PDT, Apr 24, Nadia Tlamanal, Texas
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4:59 pm PDT, Apr 24, Stephanie Lessard, New Hampshire
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4:51 pm PDT, Apr 24, Ann Sandritter, New Jersey
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4:44 pm PDT, Apr 24, Linda Fields, California
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4:42 pm PDT, Apr 24, Chauntelle Zschokke, California
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4:31 pm PDT, Apr 24, Julie Dion, New Mexico
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4:28 pm PDT, Apr 24, Andra Raiven, Canada
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4:22 pm PDT, Apr 24, Peggy Greene, Pennsylvania
once again we aren't taking care of our world and things are falling apart..please add the wolverine to the list of endangered species now before there are no more left...we need them to balance the wildlife of the country
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4:13 pm PDT, Apr 24, Eric Haya, Nevada
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3:56 pm PDT, Apr 24, Sidney Toups, North Carolina
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3:46 pm PDT, Apr 24, Michael Plakogiannis, New York
Please no more extinctions
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3:38 pm PDT, Apr 24, Name not displayed, California
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3:33 pm PDT, Apr 24, Roxann Contrenchis, Louisiana
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3:33 pm PDT, Apr 24, Juan Miguel, Mexico
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3:29 pm PDT, Apr 24, Ed Healey, Pennsylvania
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3:21 pm PDT, Apr 24, Kathie Ostrosky, Ohio
We must protect our WILDLIFE !!
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3:08 pm PDT, Apr 24, M. A Soto, California
Let's protect Nature, and Nature will protect us.
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3:07 pm PDT, Apr 24, Brandon Chin, Texas
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3:01 pm PDT, Apr 24, Elizabeth Burin, Maryland
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