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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!
# 15,750:
11:56 am PDT, Oct 6, Georgi Mortensen, Utah
We cannot ride roughshod over animal populations for human activity. We, as a human race, have already destroyed so many species in our destruction of habitat and their survival.
# 15,749:
11:50 am PDT, Oct 6, Lorraine Gilbert, California
All creatures big and small deserve a place on our planet.
# 15,748:
11:41 am PDT, Oct 6, Jonathan Stubbs, New York
# 15,747:
11:36 am PDT, Oct 6, Jennifer White, California
# 15,746:
11:26 am PDT, Oct 6, Jennifer Philpo, Texas
# 15,745:
11:22 am PDT, Oct 6, Candice Mastin-bowden, Massachusetts
all animals need a voice in assuring the preservaton of their lives
# 15,744:
11:20 am PDT, Oct 6, Yeni Alvarado, California
# 15,743:
11:19 am PDT, Oct 6, Name not displayed, Nevada
# 15,742:
11:15 am PDT, Oct 6, Georgia Brown, Missouri
# 15,741:
11:12 am PDT, Oct 6, Katrina Cole, Michigan
# 15,740:
11:03 am PDT, Oct 6, Melvin Olson, Arkansas
# 15,739:
11:02 am PDT, Oct 6, Angela Toscano, Texas
# 15,738:
11:01 am PDT, Oct 6, Julie Roach, Michigan
must every animal be killed to the brink of extinction for the government to listen??
# 15,737:
10:56 am PDT, Oct 6, Anna Rose, Virginia
looks like "cheney's got a gun" all over again!
# 15,736:
10:54 am PDT, Oct 6, Samantha Angell, Minnesota
# 15,735:
10:49 am PDT, Oct 6, Michelle Ewens, California
Join the Light side.
# 15,734:
10:46 am PDT, Oct 6, Marjory Schultz, Maryland
# 15,733:
10:43 am PDT, Oct 6, Lisa Graham, Michigan
# 15,732:
10:28 am PDT, Oct 6, Linda Williams, Arizona
# 15,731:
10:28 am PDT, Oct 6, Mark Mauren, Michigan
# 15,730:
10:26 am PDT, Oct 6, Cynthia Wedlunn, Montana
We are loosing our wild places, and wildlife at an alarming rate, president Bush is out of touch with what this country needs to protect our childrens future
# 15,729:
10:25 am PDT, Oct 6, Julie Greenhalgh, West Virginia
# 15,728:
10:25 am PDT, Oct 6, Name not displayed, California
# 15,727:
10:23 am PDT, Oct 6, Debbie Ratcliffe, Missouri
# 15,726:
10:23 am PDT, Oct 6, Sherry Bridgford, California
# 15,725:
10:22 am PDT, Oct 6, Rebecca Cox, Texas
# 15,724:
10:16 am PDT, Oct 6, Joshua Helmle, California
Be compassionate and just.
# 15,723:
10:16 am PDT, Oct 6, HEATHER CLEMENTS, California
# 15,722:
10:12 am PDT, Oct 6, Jenni Audette, Minnesota
# 15,721:
10:09 am PDT, Oct 6, Patricia Johnson, California
# 15,720:
10:05 am PDT, Oct 6, Mary Smith, California
# 15,719:
10:03 am PDT, Oct 6, Wendy Mendes, Florida
# 15,718:
10:02 am PDT, Oct 6, Brian Dusel, Kentucky
Why am I not suprised that Bush/Cheney have done this?! They did the very same thing with Wolves. Which was deemed illegal by a Federal Judge. If it takes another Federal Judge to slap them in the face again then so be it!
# 15,717:
9:54 am PDT, Oct 6, Steven Crosmer, Florida
Being a former resident from the state of Michigan, being refered to as the "Wolverine State", and have grown iup in ann Arbor, I am appalled and felt compelled to sign. Hail to Victors! hail to Michigan!
# 15,716:
9:53 am PDT, Oct 6, Vicki High, Illinois
I don't want the only wolverine children can see on the helmet of a Michigan football player!
# 15,715:
9:52 am PDT, Oct 6, Jessica Duffy Schaefer, Colorado
# 15,714:
9:50 am PDT, Oct 6, Name not displayed, Louisiana
# 15,713:
9:44 am PDT, Oct 6, Siobhan Keleher, Colorado
# 15,712:
9:40 am PDT, Oct 6, Whitney Jappe, North Carolina
If we decide to keep populating and expanding like we do its only fair to protect the things that cannot protect themselves especially those that are so vunerable and already low in numbers. Its only right that we make room for them and protect their future.
# 15,711:
9:35 am PDT, Oct 6, Name not displayed, Massachusetts
# 15,710:
9:31 am PDT, Oct 6, Jeffrey Brown, California
# 15,709:
9:30 am PDT, Oct 6, Martha Schmauch, Washington
# 15,708:
9:19 am PDT, Oct 6, Julie Acs, Michigan
# 15,707:
9:15 am PDT, Oct 6, Jamie Falgoust, California
# 15,706:
9:10 am PDT, Oct 6, Thomas Rhodes, Virginia
# 15,705:
9:02 am PDT, Oct 6, CJ Eliassen, Colorado
1 in 4 mammals are threatened with extinction. When will the people stop the apathy and start taking action?
# 15,704:
8:51 am PDT, Oct 6, Jessica Bagshaw, United Kingdom
# 15,703:
8:47 am PDT, Oct 6, Duff Caldewey, California
# 15,702:
8:36 am PDT, Oct 6, Kim Daniels, Georgia
# 15,701:
8:32 am PDT, Oct 6, Elaine OMalley, Virginia
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