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Speak Up for Southwest Wolves!

Target: Ben Tuggle, Southwest Regional Director for the Fish & Wildlife Service
Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund

Mexican wolves -- one of the most endangered animals in the world -- play an important role in restoring balance to Southwest forests. But recovery efforts have yet to ensure a lasting future for these animals that play an important role in the culture and wilderness of the Southwest.

Commonly referred to as "el lobo," the Mexican gray wolf once ranged from central Mexico to southwestern Texas, southern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona. But alarming new population numbers show that Southwest wolves are down to only 52 individuals and 4 breeding pairs.

Your comments can make a difference -- so speak up! Please sign our petition to Ben Tuggle, Southwest Regional Director for the Fish & Wildlife Service: tell him it's time to restore the Mexican wolf to its rightful place, and ecological role, in the wilds of the Southwest.

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 10,000

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Dear Mr. Tuggle:

I appreciate the complexities of restoring the Mexican wolf to its rightful place, and ecological role, in Arizona and New Mexico. I am writing to remind you that the complexities are political, not biological -- the wolves know how to form packs, kill elk, and raise pups, but they count on the US Fish and Wildlife Service to secure their recovery.

I urge you to make sure that all the management actions and discretionary "operating procedures" of the Mexican wolf reintroduction program make a positive contribution to recovery of the species, as the Endangered Species Act requires.

We signed the “Speak Up for Southwest Wolves!” petition!

# 100:

9:51 pm PDT, Jun 27, Radoslaw Renda, Poland

# 99:

9:47 pm PDT, Jun 27, Name not displayed, Arizona
As a 3rd generation Arizonan, I have seen some of the problems created by encroachment into coyote, wolf, bobcat and mountain lion territory by human habitat. Wolf reintroduction has long been opposed by ranchers, however, the data in this instance is on the side of the wolf. I strongly support wolf reintroducation, as has my family, who helped to found this state and participated in its government. Federal grazing land is not just for ranchers. This program is too important to have it sacked due to hysteria. I thank you for your time and acknowledge the difficult task assigned to your agency.

# 98:

9:19 pm PDT, Jun 27, Kathy Johnson, Minnesota

# 97:

9:17 pm PDT, Jun 27, Robyn Poynter, Arizona

# 96:

8:56 pm PDT, Jun 27, Thunderr Wolf, New Jersey
Wolves deserve the right to live free and to thrive in the environment they have been a part of since before the expansion of men

# 95:

8:53 pm PDT, Jun 27, Pam Boland, Georgia

# 94:

8:52 pm PDT, Jun 27, David Dunkleberger, Pennsylvania

# 93:

8:50 pm PDT, Jun 27, Jenny Vegan, United States Minor Outlying Islands

# 92:

8:47 pm PDT, Jun 27, Shannon Mulcahy, Ohio

# 91:

8:44 pm PDT, Jun 27, Joyce Barone, Pennsylvania

# 90:

8:29 pm PDT, Jun 27, Monica Johnson, California
Please help the animals who have no voice of their own to protect themselves from our policies. Thanks so much.

# 89:

8:24 pm PDT, Jun 27, Kim Sixty Three, Missouri

# 88:

8:23 pm PDT, Jun 27, Debbie Low, Florida

# 87:

8:18 pm PDT, Jun 27, Kathleen Cole, Ohio

# 86:

8:09 pm PDT, Jun 27, Anna White, Connecticut

# 85:

7:21 pm PDT, Jun 27, Margaret Tollner, California

# 84:

7:03 pm PDT, Jun 27, Alex Won, California

# 83:

6:56 pm PDT, Jun 27, John Kuczynski, Florida

# 82:

6:52 pm PDT, Jun 27, Seth Stern, New Jersey

# 81:

6:48 pm PDT, Jun 27, Dana Linsner, Kansas

# 80:

6:31 pm PDT, Jun 27, Betty Gregory, Indiana

# 79:

6:16 pm PDT, Jun 27, Julie Gaines, Wisconsin

# 78:

6:09 pm PDT, Jun 27, Mildred Larsen, Oregon

# 77:

6:03 pm PDT, Jun 27, Michelle Mccaulley, New Mexico

# 76:

5:38 pm PDT, Jun 27, Deidre Williams, New Zealand
I speak up for these animals, because I highly respect them, and their way of life! They deserve a free and happy life, just as the rest of our animal friends do, not to be persecuted for who they are-a wild animal!

# 75:

5:26 pm PDT, Jun 27, LuCy J Boogaard, Netherlands

# 74:

5:16 pm PDT, Jun 27, Amanda Davies, Connecticut

# 73:

5:15 pm PDT, Jun 27, Steve Dale, Australia
HOW DISPICABLE TO ALLOW THE WOLFS TO BREED AND INCREASE THERE NUMBERS ONLY TO ALLOW INHUMANS TO HUNT AND KILL/MURDER THEM,STOP KILLING/MURDERING ANIMALS FOR SHARING THE PLANET WITH US,WE ARE NOT IN CHARGE OF ANIMALS AND WE ARE NOT JUDGE AND JURY,ALLOW THESE ANIMALS TO LIVE IN PEACE AND WITHOUR PERSECUTION BY INHUMANS.

# 72:

5:10 pm PDT, Jun 27, Noah Schlager, California

# 71:

4:40 pm PDT, Jun 27, Manuela Curti, United Kingdom

# 70:

4:35 pm PDT, Jun 27, Agneta Wall, Sweden

# 69:

4:10 pm PDT, Jun 27, Paul Bruce-joy, United Kingdom

# 68:

4:04 pm PDT, Jun 27, Stan Prosinski, New Mexico

# 67:

3:20 pm PDT, Jun 27, Name not displayed, California
ANIMALS DESERVE OUR LOVE, RESPECT, AND PROTECTION!!!

# 66:

3:16 pm PDT, Jun 27, Donald Park, United Kingdom

# 65:

3:02 pm PDT, Jun 27, Franziska Eber, Germany

# 64:

2:40 pm PDT, Jun 27, Name not displayed, California

# 63:

2:26 pm PDT, Jun 27, Name not displayed, Spain

# 62:

1:59 pm PDT, Jun 27, Alice O'Hanlon, Illinois
Let us leave something for our grandchildren.

# 61:

1:58 pm PDT, Jun 27, Name not displayed, California

# 60:

1:39 pm PDT, Jun 27, Nicole Hardin, Alabama

# 59:

1:24 pm PDT, Jun 27, Matthew Lunsford, Arkansas
The population is really low, it is time to help them. Wolves are my favorite animal and I don't want to see the MExican Wolf go extinct, while we can help.

# 58:

1:23 pm PDT, Jun 27, Name not displayed, Texas

# 57:

1:23 pm PDT, Jun 27, Julie Figueroa, Florida

# 56:

1:16 pm PDT, Jun 27, Willow No Surrender, Canada

# 55:

1:12 pm PDT, Jun 27, Nidia Rocha, Portugal

# 54:

12:52 pm PDT, Jun 27, Jeff Hopkins, Illinois

# 53:

12:39 pm PDT, Jun 27, Octavio federico Garza sanchez, Mexico

# 52:

12:35 pm PDT, Jun 27, Sugar Bouche, Canada

# 51:

12:30 pm PDT, Jun 27, Name not displayed, California

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