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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: 3-24-2009
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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7:40 pm PDT, Mar 24, Jessica O'Sullivan, Canada
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5:49 pm PDT, Mar 23, Jennifer Renstrom, Illinois
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5:37 pm PDT, Mar 23, Stacey Rakic Larson, Colorado
The North American Wolverine must be granted protection under the ESA. Their population continually declines, and if we do not take immediate action to protect them, we will suffer the irreparable consequences of extincting another species.
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1:00 pm PDT, Mar 23, Kirsten Gilroy, United Kingdom
All animals need the same protection no matter what breed they or how endangered they are. This World is meant to be for man & beast but we are making a good job of wiping everything else out, we have to stop before its too late.
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stop killing our animals.
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