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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!
# 14,650:
1:13 am PDT, Jul 19, Jessica Eldridge, Australia
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12:39 pm PDT, Jul 16, Sabrina Collodi, Florida
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11:50 pm PDT, Jul 15, Cheryl Betancourt, Texas
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5:51 pm PDT, Jul 14, Annie Miles, Australia
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5:20 pm PDT, Jul 12, Debbie Peterson, New Jersey
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11:07 pm PDT, Jul 11, Aline Cortese, California
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8:30 pm PDT, Jul 11, Jocelyn Bates, Kansas
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10:57 am PDT, Jul 10, Laurel Watson, Arizona
We have to help them!
# 14,642:
2:35 pm PDT, Jul 8, Greta Malkotzoglou, Greece
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8:49 am PDT, Jul 7, Sandy Helm, Georgia
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9:19 pm PDT, Jul 6, Kayla Wiens, Colorado
# 14,639:
2:37 pm PDT, Jul 6, Marci Horn, Delaware
The wolverine is indeed a rare creature and needs to be put on the endangered species list. Stop the trapping and hunting of these creatures.
# 14,638:
6:59 pm PDT, Jul 5, Martha Leahy, Massachusetts
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6:30 am PDT, Jul 5, Name not displayed, France
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6:00 pm PDT, Jul 3, Jana Tate, Oklahoma
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2:26 pm PDT, Jul 3, Annalisa Nipoti, Italy
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5:26 pm PDT, Jul 2, Cindy Dreher Nagy, Pennsylvania
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5:13 pm PDT, Jul 1, Sherri O'Connor, Canada
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11:09 am PDT, Jun 27, Lori Baquero, Florida
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8:00 am PDT, Jun 27, Miranda Fitzgerald, Kentucky
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5:52 pm PDT, Jun 26, Susana Deyanira salazar mat, Mexico
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4:54 pm PDT, Jun 26, Robin Robinson, Ohio
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1:33 pm PDT, Jun 26, ELAINE ROBINSON, United Kingdom
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10:33 pm PDT, Jun 25, Manish Jaitly, India
This is a beautiful animal. PLEASE SAVE IT!
# 14,626:
12:32 pm PDT, Jun 25, Chloe Schwarz, California
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8:01 am PDT, Jun 24, Jill Judson, Canada
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7:50 am PDT, Jun 22, Robin Tavares, Massachusetts
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1:14 pm PDT, Jun 20, Jeanie Buerger, Massachusetts
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12:40 pm PDT, Jun 18, Aleasha Casaretto, Texas
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5:40 pm PDT, Jun 17, Christine Klinger, Wisconsin
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6:56 pm PDT, Jun 16, Alexandra Napolitano, Nevada
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9:05 pm PDT, Jun 14, William Liggett, Washington
These are yet another species that have been maligned and misunderstood for the last 150 years or so. This and the de-listing of the Gray wolf is a sad statement of our society.
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1:52 pm PDT, Jun 13, Name not displayed, Ohio
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8:59 pm PDT, Jun 10, Kristin McCord, Texas
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4:03 pm PDT, Jun 8, Iris R., California
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3:59 am PDT, Jun 8, Deb McCaig, New York
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3:45 pm PDT, Jun 7, Susanne Habiger, Austria
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2:20 pm PDT, Jun 7, Zoe Camus, France
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9:39 pm PDT, Jun 6, Sara Lawrence, Missouri
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8:50 pm PDT, Jun 6, Felix Averhoff, Florida
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12:49 pm PDT, Jun 3, Paola Paniagua, Florida
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12:34 pm PDT, Jun 3, Caitlin Tillman, Ohio
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2:50 pm PDT, Jun 2, Kristy Mitchell, Texas
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10:57 pm PDT, Jun 1, Vincent Poly, Florida
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6:22 pm PDT, Jun 1, Peter Supersano, Nevada
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7:37 am PDT, Jun 1, Shana Hanneman, Montana
Its bad enough that parts of Montana are the LAST stronghold for the Wolverine. Don't let Montana be the last state in which the last wolverine dies!! They NEED protection now!
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3:35 pm PDT, May 31, Shannon Miller, Pennsylvania
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7:56 am PDT, May 31, Annie PEYSSON, France
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12:10 am PDT, May 31, Charles Pfeifer, Louisiana
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4:45 pm PDT, May 30, Patrick Amori, New York
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