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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: 1-20-2009
goal: 5,000

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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!

# 5,270:

6:54 am PST, Jan 20, Lisa Porter, California

# 5,269:

7:37 pm PST, Jan 18, Bonnie Pulver, North Carolina
Thank you in advance for your help in saving the Mexican wolves

# 5,268:

12:02 pm PST, Jan 18, Name not displayed, Massachusetts

# 5,267:

6:55 pm PST, Jan 17, Brian Reynolds, New Jersey

# 5,266:

12:14 pm PST, Jan 14, William Chaky, New Jersey

# 5,265:

4:58 pm PST, Jan 13, Bob Zobo, Kentucky
SAVE THE WOLVES!!!

# 5,263:

12:54 pm PST, Jan 11, Mike Downs, Missouri
please protect el lobos.They have a right to life,just as we do

# 5,264:

12:12 pm PST, Jan 11, Amanda Torres, Illinois

# 5,262:

4:07 pm PST, Jan 10, Runs with Wolves, Alaska

# 5,261:

11:20 am PST, Jan 8, Stefanie Anderson, Pennsylvania

# 5,260:

8:35 am PST, Jan 6, Cheryl Janiszewski, Maryland

# 5,259:

12:59 am PST, Jan 5, Name not displayed, South Africa

# 5,258:

1:30 am PST, Jan 4, Rr Ff, New York

# 5,257:

10:08 pm PST, Jan 3, Gloria Lee, Illinois
are you people willing to kill off another species do something to help if humans can create smaller cellphones and eco friendly cars i believe we can do something to stop the extinction of this wonderful animal

# 5,256:

7:37 pm PST, Jan 3, Name not displayed, New York
Well why not help these animals in need, they can't help themselves, not with how people keep treating them. So we should help them get there lives back to where it should be.

# 5,255:

12:13 pm PST, Jan 3, Agnieszka Jaworska, Poland

# 5,254:

10:25 am PST, Jan 3, Anna Szaszorowska, Poland

# 5,253:

12:19 am PST, Jan 3, Andrzej Szaszorowski, Poland

# 5,252:

7:58 pm PST, Jan 2, Name not displayed, New York
Read "Never Cry Wolf" by Farkey Mowat and then you'll see....

# 5,251:

4:34 pm PST, Jan 2, Katrina Craton, California

# 5,250:

1:55 pm PST, Jan 1, Tracie Pennypacker, California

# 5,249:

10:23 am PST, Jan 1, Roni Seabury, California

# 5,248:

9:12 am PST, Jan 1, Pawel Komisarski, United Kingdom

# 5,247:

9:11 am PST, Jan 1, Magdalena Szaszorowska, United Kingdom

# 5,246:

8:46 am PST, Jan 1, Tiberius Barrett, United Kingdom

# 5,245:

8:58 pm PST, Dec 31, Paige Puckett, Texas

# 5,244:

10:58 am PST, Dec 28, Courtney Ginn, California
a lot of misconceptions out there about wolves. why wouldn't we try to repopulate them?

# 5,243:

5:47 pm PST, Dec 27, Jonnie Conley, Ohio
save the mexican wolfs

# 5,242:

11:08 am PST, Dec 27, DJ Fuller, North Carolina
Wolf populations are far more important to me than say the populous Coyotes, but please save the native species to our US that need some help. Calm rational thinking about Wolf Preserves, such as the one we have here in NC are important!

# 5,241:

10:24 am PST, Dec 27, Name not displayed, California
Leave the wolves alone & stop killing! Restore the Mexican wolf to its rightful place & ecological role in the wilds of the Southwest. Stop playing God with nature & wildlife. Your role as a steward of this planet is to protect these wolfs, not kill them!

# 5,240:

7:10 am PST, Dec 27, Dana Brannan, Georgia

# 5,239:

6:51 am PST, Dec 27, Joanna Gorowska, Poland

# 5,238:

6:45 am PST, Dec 27, Filomena Pereira, United Kingdom

# 5,237:

11:08 am PST, Dec 25, Dustin Joshua, Washington
People think wolves are vicious creatures that just want to kill and eat meat, but like reagular dogs, they are intelegent caring creatures, they only treat us the way we treat them. If we treat them kindly, they will treat us the same way.

# 5,235:

3:04 pm PST, Dec 24, LEONA ROBERTS, Hawaii

# 5,234:

11:35 am PST, Dec 23, Anne Doering, New Mexico

# 5,233:

7:43 pm PST, Dec 22, Dilia Gomez, Florida

# 5,232:

5:07 pm PST, Dec 20, Debbie Mccall, Maryland

# 5,231:

11:24 am PST, Dec 20, Rosalyn Jacome, Utah

# 5,230:

2:43 am PST, Dec 20, Lisa Legette, South Carolina

# 5,229:

6:34 pm PST, Dec 19, Mervi Rantala, Finland
Please take immediate action to protect the Southwest wolves before it is too late!!!

# 5,228:

6:24 pm PST, Dec 19, Babette Puzey, New York

# 5,227:

7:57 pm PST, Dec 18, Sean Dunn, Tennessee

# 5,226:

6:32 pm PST, Dec 18, Danielle Elstun, Virginia
By disregarding the value of their lives, us humans are more disgusting than any other animal ever! Protect the wolves!

# 5,225:

5:18 pm PST, Dec 18, Dan Hale, Florida

# 5,224:

1:08 am PST, Dec 17, Jennifer Patterson, Washington

# 5,223:

12:47 am PST, Dec 17, Elena Morales, Washington

# 5,222:

3:00 am PST, Dec 16, Sonja Tate, Illinois

# 5,221:

10:34 pm PST, Dec 15, Jessica Wilson, Ohio

# 5,220:

3:02 pm PST, Dec 15, Kathrin Stuerchler, Switzerland

# 5,219:

2:45 pm PST, Dec 15, Name not displayed, California

# 5,218:

2:08 pm PST, Dec 15, Name not displayed, California

# 5,217:

10:21 am PST, Dec 15, Cindy Bushway, Florida

# 5,216:

9:47 am PST, Dec 15, Simona Minopoli, Italy

# 5,215:

9:41 am PST, Dec 15, Nina Kolhoff, Michigan
put the wolves back were they belong and leace them be.

# 5,214:

5:58 am PST, Dec 15, Napat Malathum, Thailand

# 5,213:

11:57 am PST, Dec 14, Silky Wylder, Wisconsin

# 5,212:

9:57 am PST, Dec 14, Ashley .............., Costa Rica

# 5,211:

8:36 am PST, Dec 14, D Friedrick, North Carolina
We need to get nature back into balance otherwise we loose the human species.

# 5,210:

12:26 am PST, Dec 14, Jagoda Koscielniak, Poland

# 5,209:

7:59 pm PST, Dec 13, Scott Jenkins, Pennsylvania

# 5,208:

3:04 pm PST, Dec 13, Deborah Randall, Pennsylvania
Only 52 left...I could cry, if I wasn't so angry and ashamed that man could allow this to happen.

# 5,207:

10:11 am PST, Dec 13, Kevin Steele, Arizona
Kevin James Steele

# 5,206:

8:39 am PST, Dec 13, Cindy Vi, Belgium
It's our job to take care of animals! They can't tell us their hurting and suffering so we must take action when we see it happening!

# 5,205:

12:52 am PST, Dec 13, Ryan Jackson, Missouri

# 5,204:

9:00 am PST, Dec 12, Claudia Ortiz, Argentina
We should take care of and defend the animals in our planet!!! Just like they would do with us if they could.....

# 5,203:

3:01 am PST, Dec 12, Marcia Machtiger, Pennsylvania

# 5,202:

2:26 pm PST, Dec 11, Metric Clay, Mississippi

# 5,201:

10:38 am PST, Dec 11, Christy Rodgers, California
It's high time we learned to be more respectful of other species and their right to share habitat with us. Your own children and grandchildren will live in a greatly impoverished and less livable world unless you become part of the solution by taking responsible action on this this issue.

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