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Stop the Bush/Cheney Sneak Attack on Wolves

Target: U.S. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne
Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
Officials in the Bush/Cheney Administration are moving forward with plans to allow wolves to be killed in Idaho and Wyoming even before the animals are removed from the list of federally protected endangered and threatened species.

Help us stop them. Sign the petition today to send a message to U.S. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne and urge him to abandon efforts to let states start killing wolves and to delay de-listing of gray wolves in the Northern Rockies.
deadline: 12-26-2008
goal: 10,000
 

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Protect Wolves in the Northern Rockies

Dear Secretary Kempthorne,

As a supporter of Defenders of Wildlife and someone who takes great pride in the successful reintroduction of wolves to the Northern Rockies and Greater Yellowstone Region, I am deeply concerned with your agency's actions to eliminate vital protections for this still-recovering population.

In particular, I am disturbed by your agency's support of rule changes that would allow wolves to be killed in Idaho and Wyoming even before these animals are removed from the list of federally protected threatened and endangered species.

I am also concerned with your agency's support for de-listing of gray wolves. Officials in Idaho and Wyoming have made clear that they intend to "manage" wolves at the lowest level permitted by law, a policy that will likely result in the removal of two-thirds of the wolves in Wyoming and all but approximately 100 wolves in Idaho.

Your agency is charged with protecting America's natural treasures and is accountable to the tens of thousands of people in the Northern Rockies and across the country who have spoken out against the proposal to de-list wolves. I sincerely hope that you will remember these facts as you consider your agency's responsibility to America's future generations.

Thank you for considering my comments.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]
[Your Address]
We signed the “Stop the Bush/Cheney Sneak Attack on Wolves” petition!
# 150:
8:41 am PST, Dec 28, Judith Taylor, Indiana
Please stop the killing.All animals in our Parks belong to the people of the United States as do the parks.We do not want our precious animals killed,so,Please put a stop to it.
# 149:
8:41 am PST, Dec 28, Jarilyn Pusz, Georgia
STOP THE INSANITY BUSH/CHENEY NOW!
# 148:
8:41 am PST, Dec 28, Van Cauwenberghe J., Florida
# 147:
8:41 am PST, Dec 28, Renee Garner, North Carolina
# 146:
8:40 am PST, Dec 28, Wanda Ashman, Wisconsin
# 145:
8:40 am PST, Dec 28, Traci Richard, South Carolina
Please stop the killings
# 144:
8:40 am PST, Dec 28, Nicolasa Riva, California
Killing animals is just like killing people!
# 143:
8:40 am PST, Dec 28, Ninure Saunders, Illinois
We must preserve these Wolves for the sake of our children's children, lest they think the wolk is a mythical as the unicorn!!
# 142:
8:40 am PST, Dec 28, Charlotte Spears, West Virginia
# 141:
8:40 am PST, Dec 28, Teri Wichman, Minnesota
# 140:
8:40 am PST, Dec 28, Aimee R. Bays, Texas
# 139:
8:40 am PST, Dec 28, Kelani Wright, Tennessee
# 138:
8:40 am PST, Dec 28, Caroline Fraissinet, New Jersey
Wolves deserve the right to live just as any other creature does.
# 137:
8:40 am PST, Dec 28, Amber Kingery, Ohio
# 136:
8:40 am PST, Dec 28, Andrea Toback, Illinois
Dick Cheny should stick to shooting other hunters - they're more dangerous
# 135:
8:40 am PST, Dec 28, Ryan Stagliano, Pennsylvania
# 134:
8:40 am PST, Dec 28, Name not displayed, Arizona
# 133:
8:40 am PST, Dec 28, Name not displayed, Colorado
# 132:
8:40 am PST, Dec 28, Jaime Chan, New York
# 131:
8:40 am PST, Dec 28, Tami Skarin, Iowa
Wolves are vital to the balance of nature and have only recently made a comeback after being hunted nearly to extinction.
# 130:
8:40 am PST, Dec 28, Elsie Trawick, Georgia
The wolves are good for the natural environment. Stop the slaughter!
# 129:
8:40 am PST, Dec 28, Karan Saltal, New York
Will this country not be happy until there is nothing native left to it? In the name of all that's holy ~ preserve what little we have left.
# 128:
8:39 am PST, Dec 28, Glo Burk, New York
# 127:
8:39 am PST, Dec 28, Diane Gagliardo, New Jersey
# 126:
8:39 am PST, Dec 28, Neil Waite, California
What is the reason for slaughtering a species that is listed as endangered? If people don't want wolves as their neighbors they should move. Why was so much money poured into salvaging wolves, if so much money is poured into slaughtering them? Can't this money be put to education, health care, and protecting endangered resources to far better effect?
# 125:
8:39 am PST, Dec 28, Alice Foreman, Maryland
# 124:
8:39 am PST, Dec 28, Nanci Casson, Delaware
# 123:
8:39 am PST, Dec 28, Panagiotis Rigopoulos, Greece
Do not kill the wolves.
# 122:
8:39 am PST, Dec 28, Amy Fitch, California
# 121:
8:39 am PST, Dec 28, Tina Allinder, Illinois
# 120:
8:39 am PST, Dec 28, Thomas Rud, Minnesota
# 119:
8:39 am PST, Dec 28, Name not displayed, New York
For Wolves Sake, stop this!
# 118:
8:39 am PST, Dec 28, Ellasara Kling, New Jersey
I fail to dunerstand our desire to murder all that is wild and beautiful under the pretense of protection of humanity. It is more important for hte wolves to survive than for more humans to trmaple the woodlands. I find this especially horrific because of the lax laws that do not protect even the cubs from direct attack and indirectly by killing their parents. These are intelligent animals that are not a threat to us. Why must we be a threat to them? Ellasara Kling
# 117:
8:39 am PST, Dec 28, Kari Harcharik, Montana
# 116:
8:38 am PST, Dec 28, John Eliou, Pennsylvania
# 115:
8:38 am PST, Dec 28, Victoria Ferguson, North Carolina
# 114:
8:38 am PST, Dec 28, Sharon Goodwin, Texas
We are charge to care for gods earth and the creatures upon it. Mr Bush, if your a true christian, you will follow God's will and care for the wildlife. Do Not allow these wolves that live in loving families to be harmed!
# 113:
8:38 am PST, Dec 28, Greg Hoffman, Montana
Yet another example of how misguided this entire administration is ~ and how the cronies in state government follow like sheep.
# 112:
8:38 am PST, Dec 28, Name not displayed, New Jersey
Nature does its own checks/balances if left alone. Man interferes with too much - enough!
# 111:
8:38 am PST, Dec 28, Katrina Cheek, Virginia
# 110:
8:38 am PST, Dec 28, Laura Stubbins, Texas
# 109:
8:38 am PST, Dec 28, Denice Fortin, Connecticut
I beg you to reconsider the killing of wolves in Yellowstone National Park. All animals are God's creatures and deserve the same freedom and right to life as humans. It would be a horrible thing to have these wolves be not only endangered, but be extinct. Our children should be able to learn about all wildlife by seeing them--not by learning about them through pictures. Thank you.
# 108:
8:38 am PST, Dec 28, Demian Meyer, New York
This total blatant disregard for life is sickening.
# 107:
8:37 am PST, Dec 28, Jan Van Hess, Washington
# 106:
8:37 am PST, Dec 28, Name not displayed, California
# 105:
8:37 am PST, Dec 28, Amber Price, North Carolina
# 104:
8:37 am PST, Dec 28, Lauren Holskey, Florida
Wolves need a place to live. My baby came up to me yesterday and asked me why people cut down trees and forests when animals live there. You people have no consideration. Stop this behavior and think about the world, people, and animals!!!!
# 103:
8:37 am PST, Dec 28, Allan Sumnall, Utah
This is an outrage. Why does this administration do everything in the dark. If you believe your in the right be forthright. Doing this behind the scenes reiterates the fact that you know this would be seen as the wrong thing to do.
# 102:
8:37 am PST, Dec 28, Robert Finnegan, California
# 101:
8:37 am PST, Dec 28, Jen Luna, Iowa
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