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Greater Yellowstone Wolves Delisted - Protest Now!

Target: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife
The Bush/Cheney administration has just eliminated federal protections for wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies, opening the door to the slaughter of hundreds of America's most beloved wolves.

This decision leaves the region's wolves at the mercy of outrageous state management plans that could lead to the killing of all but 300 wolves - eliminating 80% of all the wild wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies.

We need to let the Bush/Cheney administration know that we strongly oppose this decision to remove Greater Yellowstone wolves from the list of federally protected threatened and endangered species.

Please sign our petition of protest and demand that the administration reverse its misguided decision and continue protecting Greater Yellowstone wolves under the Endangered Species Act.
deadline: 7-18-2008
goal: 40,000
 

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GOOD NEWS! Court Restores Federal Protections for Wolves

wolf Over forty thousand Care2 members protested the Bush administration's decision to delist Greater Yellowstone area wolves from the Endangered Species Act in March 2008.

And on July 18, a federal judge restored endangered species protections for wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies.

This victory means that Northern Rockies states must immediately halt further killing of wolves. Already, over 100 wolves had been killed in the short time since wolves were delisted in March.

I am deeply disturbed by the federal government's decision to remove wolves in the Greater Yellowstone and Central Idaho regions from the list of federally protected threatened and endangered species.

I strongly oppose the weakening of protections for these wolves and expect the federal government to fulfill its obligation to secure a lasting future in the Northern Rockies for these amazing animals.

Please accept my comments in support of continued Endangered Species Act protection for wolves in the Northern Rockies and immediately reverse this decision to delist these wolves.

Sincerely,
[Your name here]
We signed the “Greater Yellowstone Wolves Delisted - Protest Now!” petition!
# 41,050:
3:29 pm PDT, Apr 21, Carol Harris, Iowa
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3:14 pm PDT, Apr 21, Frank Simplicio, Nevada
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1:41 pm PDT, Apr 21, James Turne-shepherd, Washington
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1:18 pm PDT, Apr 21, Diana Pawelski, Arizona
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1:05 pm PDT, Apr 21, Keith Wright, United Kingdom
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9:59 am PDT, Apr 21, Name not displayed, Illinois
# 41,044:
9:25 am PDT, Apr 21, Isabel Cain, Massachusetts
# 41,043:
8:39 am PDT, Apr 21, Sheila Cummins, Kentucky
We need to protect these wolves .
# 41,042:
6:48 am PDT, Apr 21, Dee L., Italy
# 41,041:
11:14 pm PDT, Apr 20, Aaron Gould, Montana
if we delist wolves without some sort of realistic protection plan, then we will be in the same situation as we were in the 1930s, wolf deprived, and the remaining wolves will probably abandon thier social structure much like the coyotes have, and become actual pests, because they are so easy to locate. a few people could eliminate most of the wolves in the northern rockies with an airplane and a radio reciever. it is pure maddness.
# 41,040:
7:55 pm PDT, Apr 20, Tony LeClerc, Florida
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4:14 pm PDT, Apr 20, Doro Kausch, Ireland
# 41,038:
3:18 pm PDT, Apr 20, Lynda Cunningham, California
What will future generations think of us? Of how we allowed so much to be lost? Is there no room in the human for the wild?
# 41,037:
12:22 pm PDT, Apr 20, Valerie Morris, Florida
# 41,036:
11:29 am PDT, Apr 20, Lindsey Hagedorn, Kentucky
Wolves are beautiful, majestic creatures that deserve protection. Just because they are hunters doesn't mean they should be eliminated; we are also hunters, should we be shot and killed too for being hungry? Save the wolves.
# 41,035:
11:20 am PDT, Apr 20, Tony Menechella, Kentucky
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11:02 am PDT, Apr 20, Melissa Corrin, Michigan
I dont understand why they removed federal protections for greater yellowstone wolves. Without this protection, sick people out there are going to go out there and just start killing them for ridiculous reasons. We need to save these beautiful animals before they become endangered or possibly extinct. Help us protest now, and help save these amazing beautiful animals before its too late.
# 41,033:
10:38 am PDT, Apr 20, Megan Plummer, Maryland
Every animal is important to the balance of nature and many other things.
# 41,032:
10:04 am PDT, Apr 20, Victoria Salinas, California
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10:00 am PDT, Apr 20, Joanne Newman, United Kingdom
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9:41 am PDT, Apr 20, Name not displayed, Massachusetts
petition overview | letter ...Stop killing "our" Wolves in Alaska and the USA......Target: President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick ChaneySponsored by: tan's alt movement........................ President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Chaney: On behalf of the following petitioners, PLEASE STOP the AERIAL GUNNING SLAUGHTER on "OUR" wolves in Alaska. Today would be a wonderful day to do exactly that. If you care, as you claim to, about all American Citizens; I ask you this question. "HOW CAN YOU ORDER AND ALLOW such an HORINDOUS and INEXCUSIBLE COLD-BLOODED ASSAULT on one of America's most beloved and revered creatures, THE WOLF?"..........So help me, I cannot see a dog lover allowing this travesty of justice. PLEASE ReCONSIDER your decision and orders to exterminate one of "GOD'S" most noble creatures. The wolf is an integral and absolutely a necessary part of the "real west", the natural eco-system. I had hoped you would value the life of at least a WOLF. If you would educate yourself just a "bit" about the part a WOLF plays in the natural order of things. HE is very very important. Help "SAVE" one of GOD'S most majestic and social creatures, the wolf, and you will not be remembered as the one who made absolutely sure the WOLF becomes extinct. The sad part is, the cowardly fashion by the shooter, in which the WOLF must face death! We, The American People HAVE MOST DEFINITELY seen it. Many videos and activists will never allow this one to go away. Thank you, sirs, for taking the time to consider this urgent issue; and please do the Right Thing this time. Sincerely,
# 41,029:
9:33 am PDT, Apr 20, Laurie Brewer, Ohio
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6:41 am PDT, Apr 20, Michelle Haynes, North Carolina
These dogs have been around long before we were so we have do not have the right to kill them or take there land from them.
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5:49 am PDT, Apr 20, Name not displayed, Serbia And Montenegro
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5:27 am PDT, Apr 20, Justyna Makola, Poland
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2:17 am PDT, Apr 20, D.H Cesare, Oklahoma
No one seems concerned about the farmers and the animals they raise to make a living, which the wolves will kill to eat so the farmers can't make a living.
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6:17 pm PDT, Apr 19, Cynthia Parker, Virginia
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5:26 pm PDT, Apr 19, Gerry Gilmartin, Ireland
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4:50 pm PDT, Apr 19, Nyack Clancy, New York
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2:42 pm PDT, Apr 19, Lydia Oakey, United Kingdom
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11:36 am PDT, Apr 19, Name not displayed, North Carolina
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10:39 am PDT, Apr 19, Tracey Randall, United Kingdom
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10:04 am PDT, Apr 19, Diana Lungu, Romania
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8:41 am PDT, Apr 19, Elsie Rose, Missouri
Keep the wolves on the list let them hunt their deer and other game the wolves are wise and spirted animals and should live without fear of being killed with every step they take.
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8:40 am PDT, Apr 19, Amy Tushoski, Wisconsin
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8:32 am PDT, Apr 19, Name not displayed, Missouri
Wolves are a treasure to us all they should live with out fear of being killed there is plenty of other game to hunt leave the wolves alone.
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3:45 am PDT, Apr 19, Klaudia Małuj, Poland
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2:33 am PDT, Apr 19, Magdalena Rysiejko, Poland
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9:41 pm PDT, Apr 18, Julia Tawyea, Pennsylvania
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8:23 pm PDT, Apr 18, Heather Gregory, North Carolina
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6:26 pm PDT, Apr 18, Elizabeth Hale, Arizona
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4:27 pm PDT, Apr 18, Maria Wilkinson, United Kingdom
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2:34 pm PDT, Apr 18, Frank Walter, Arizona
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2:28 pm PDT, Apr 18, Chelsea Roney, Arizona
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1:03 pm PDT, Apr 18, Krista Oyler, Missouri
They have done nothing wrong and you are basically wiping out an endangered species because you feel threatened. How do you think they feel!?! This is an absolutely stupid thing to do. As far as i am concerned they have more of a right to be here than the people who want to get rid of these beautiful creatures.
# 41,005:
12:14 pm PDT, Apr 18, Samantha Slenk, Illinois
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12:12 pm PDT, Apr 18, Tom Taylor, Pennsylvania
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10:04 am PDT, Apr 18, Misty Rennebohm, Canada
This is Animal genocide! STOP IT NOW!
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6:04 am PDT, Apr 18, łukasz Przezdziegowski, Poland
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3:33 am PDT, Apr 18, Name not displayed, Australia
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