Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton, who is charged with protecting our nation's natural resources, is not doing her job when it comes to wolf protection and conservation. In fact, too many of her actions have further threatened America's wolves.
Last year, a federal court overturned Secretary Norton's attempts to reduce wolf protections in the lower 48 states. But just weeks ago, Secretary Norton transferred responsibility for wolf management in central Idaho from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over to the state of Idaho - a state that, in 2001, passed a memorandum calling for the eradication of wolves in Idaho "by any means necessary."
And for the past three years, Secretary Norton has pointedly refused to implement and enforce federal law to stop Alaska's barbaric practice of using airplanes to chase down and kill wolves.
Sign the petition below to stand up for America's wolves and urge Secretary Norton to do her job to protect and recover the gray wolf.
We signed the “Tell Gale Norton to Do Her Job and Protect Wolves!” petition!
# 17,361:
6:17 pm PDT, Aug 22,Sharon Dickenson, Kentucky
# 17,360:
11:46 pm PDT, Aug 19,Jacolin Schultz, Wisconsin
Secretary Norton, "Do your job! Protect and recover the gray wolf!"
# 17,359:
10:44 am PDT, Aug 18,Chuck Dowe, Massachusetts
# 17,358:
12:50 am PDT, Aug 18,Patricia Osborne, New York
# 17,357:
2:35 pm PDT, Aug 15,Irene Pisano, New York
# 17,356:
5:02 pm PDT, Aug 12,Kirsten George, Canada
# 17,355:
5:03 pm PDT, Aug 4,Joshua Neese, Indiana
# 17,354:
5:32 pm PDT, Jul 29,Darlene Davis, Michigan
# 17,353:
10:38 pm PDT, Jul 26,Nancy Robbins, Alaska
# 17,352:
12:41 am PDT, Jul 25,Jan Sokolovits, South Dakota
# 17,351:
3:09 pm PDT, Jul 18,Olga Papadopoulou, Greece
# 17,350:
11:17 am PDT, Jul 17,Gary Meyers, Arizona
It is time for this administration to respect the will of the people to serve as the protectors of our natural resources and natural heritage and to stop doing everything in it's power to destroy both to achieve it's own short sighted, self-serving goals.
# 17,349:
12:05 am PDT, Jul 16,Roxie Schliesmann, Wisconsin
# 17,348:
10:52 pm PDT, Jul 7,Name not displayed, Connecticut
# 17,347:
7:54 am PDT, Jul 6,Linda Dazey, Missouri
# 17,346:
1:06 am PDT, Jul 4,Emiliano Galluccio, Italy
# 17,345:
4:42 am PDT, Jul 3,Cindy Bushway, Florida
# 17,344:
7:08 pm PDT, Jun 18,Abbe Anderson, Maine
# 17,343:
7:30 am PDT, Jun 16,Hazel Matich, Illinois
# 17,342:
1:07 pm PDT, Jun 13,Juliana Farah, Lebanon
# 17,341:
8:53 pm PDT, May 22,Kathy Mattingly, Indiana
# 17,340:
6:17 pm PDT, May 22,Christopher Bailey, Pennsylvania
# 17,339:
12:40 pm PDT, May 19,Angela Ziemer, Georgia
It is ridiculous to weaken our protection of such a wonderful intelligent animal.
# 17,338:
8:31 pm PDT, May 17,Sherie Cleere, West Virginia
# 17,337:
10:38 pm PDT, May 12,Cheryl Clayton, Florida
# 17,336:
1:48 pm PDT, May 11,Laurel Burns, Maine
# 17,335:
9:10 am PDT, May 10,Mao Lee, California
# 17,334:
5:01 pm PDT, May 9,Joy Berstrom, North Carolina
# 17,333:
6:03 pm PDT, May 8,Amber Weis, Illinois
# 17,332:
2:52 pm PDT, May 5,John Marflitt, Georgia
Wolves represent nature in balance.
# 17,331:
6:44 pm PDT, May 3,Kelsey Cormier, Massachusetts
# 17,330:
4:06 pm PDT, May 2,Michelle Brown, Virginia
# 17,329:
3:01 pm PDT, Apr 29,Muriel Koyce, Ireland
# 17,328:
8:32 pm PDT, Apr 27,TAYLOR WEIDNER, Colorado
# 17,327:
11:20 pm PDT, Apr 22,Sara Boissonnault, New Hampshire
# 17,326:
2:56 pm PDT, Apr 22,Laura Horning, Ohio
# 17,325:
10:45 am PDT, Apr 22,Heather Boyer, Florida
# 17,324:
2:37 pm PDT, Apr 21,Gonzalo Hurtado, Peru
# 17,323:
9:52 am PDT, Apr 20,Desert Eagle, Portugal
Because if you weaken gray wolf protections, they will be hunted down, killed, and their taken lives shall condemn your soul with regret.
STOP THE KILINGS!!
# 17,322:
8:45 am PDT, Apr 20,Robert Jones, Pennsylvania
# 17,321:
8:41 am PDT, Apr 20,David Afonso, Portugal
Protect wolves!!!!!!
# 17,320:
6:46 pm PDT, Apr 19,Meri V., New York
# 17,319:
5:47 pm PDT, Apr 19,Melissa Bardwell, Washington
# 17,318:
7:53 pm PDT, Apr 16,Eric Stoner, Mississippi
# 17,317:
1:13 pm PDT, Apr 16,Groom Of Kaylii Vest, Texas
# 17,316:
8:46 am PDT, Apr 11,Nicky Elizabeth, Maine
# 17,315:
10:21 pm PDT, Apr 9,Gary Wolfenbarger, Florida
# 17,314:
9:11 am PDT, Apr 9,Joseline Gomez, California
# 17,313:
4:04 pm PDT, Apr 7,Anthony Montapert, California
# 17,312:
1:47 pm PDT, Apr 6,Pat Schiro, Arizona
# 17,311:
1:17 pm PDT, Apr 4,Fredi Ricci, Pennsylvania
# 17,310:
12:20 pm PDT, Apr 4,Jessica Umbenhour, Ohio
# 17,309:
1:25 pm PDT, Apr 2,Name not displayed, California
# 17,308:
3:33 pm PDT, Mar 30,Keegan Amrose, Colorado
# 17,307:
10:21 pm PDT, Mar 28,Connie Curnow, Utah
# 17,306:
8:43 pm PDT, Mar 26,L. W., Florida
Will u please leave these wolves alone for the love of God!They are not doing anything to you & imposing on ur lives.We're imposing on them.I'm tired of ppl killing off these beautiful wolves at the drop of a hat.Let them be free in the wild on their land!Yes their land which we have minimized extremely!
# 17,305:
5:43 am PDT, Mar 26,Jani Pistorius, South Africa
As you can see, I am from SA. I feel it is my right - and my duty - to protect as much of the earth's creatures as possible - worldwide. We have so many extinct species on our continent (North African Elephant, Algerian Wild Ass, Bluebuck or Blue Antelope, Atlas Bear, Lesser ascarene Flying Fox, Cape Lion, Quagga, Cape Warthog, Barbary Lion, North African Aurochs, Bubal Hartebeest,Cape Serval, Madagascan Dwarf Hippopotamus, Madagascan Pygmy Hippopotamus, North African Serval,
Red Gazelle, to name but a few), and it is all because of either greed, ignorance, apathy or a combination of all these things. Please don't let the same happen to your continent.
# 17,304:
4:58 am PDT, Mar 25,Inge Boey, Belgium
Wolves are a necessity for the eco-system.
