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Sarah Palin: Stop the Aerial Killing of Wolves!

Target: Alaska Governor Sarah Palin
Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund

Governor Sarah Palin's administration has launched a terrible new assault on wolves in Alaska. In just a few days, 66 wolves were killed by aerial gunners with high-powered rifles. Even worse, Palin's Board of Game has also approved the use of poison gas and deadly snares to kill defenseless wolf pups and their families in and around their dens.

Governor Palin is escalating her bloody war on wolves, and we need your help to stop her. Too many wolves have already died needless deaths – this brutal practice has to stop. Sign our petition to send a message to Alaska Governor Sarah Palin urging her to end her war on Alaska's wolves.

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 75,000

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Dear Governor Palin,

As a supporter of Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund and someone who cares about sound wildlife management, I strongly urge you to withdraw your support for the use of aircraft to hunt and kill Alaska's wolves and bears.

Alaska is well known for its amazing wildlife and stunning natural beauty. It is appalling that your office and others in the state government continue to sanction the brutal aerial killing of the state's majestic wolves and bears in nearly 60,000 square miles of the state.

As I am sure you are aware, aerial hunting was outlawed by the federal government in 1972. Yet Alaska officials continue to skirt the law and permit aerial hunting, claiming that this terrible practice is necessary for wildlife management -- an assertion that is not supported by available data on wildlife population numbers.

This unwarranted program often leads to inhumane deaths, with hunters in low-flying aircraft shooting down wolves or chasing them to exhaustion, and landing and killing the animal at close range. In some cases, wounded wolves escape, only to experience a slow, painful death.

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We signed the “Sarah Palin: Stop the Aerial Killing of Wolves!” petition!

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8:11 am PDT, Jul 5, Age Luha, Estonia

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7:27 am PDT, Jul 5, Seechurn Ismita, Mauritius

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3:50 am PDT, Jul 5, Name not displayed, Ohio

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2:26 am PDT, Jul 5, Ines Distinguin, France
I have no words to express what i feel about this awful cruelty... you spoil all the fabulous wildlife in alaska since you're governor ! and naw the wolves !! I prefer stop writing these words i would be really irreverent...

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8:15 pm PDT, Jul 4, Joanne Masse, Colorado
This is one of the creators most revered spirits. Had we not moved into their lands we would not be having any problems with these beautiful creatures.

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6:12 pm PDT, Jul 4, SHERRY JACKSON, Michigan
They have as much right to life as you do. They are living & breathing creatures who are only trying to survive. If you want to do something about them, try to steralize them so they will not reproduce so much. But, please do not distroy them!!!!!!!!!!

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4:13 pm PDT, Jul 4, Taylor Owen, Illinois
Okay, wolves are awesome! So stop this maddness!

# 62,248:

3:12 pm PDT, Jul 4, Beverly Alba, Massachusetts
Despicable and inhumane, shame on Alaska and it's Governor.

# 62,247:

1:19 pm PDT, Jul 4, Michael Specht, France
Wolves are functionnal in the nature, there is another way to keep them away from human activities than just killing them.

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12:39 pm PDT, Jul 4, Name not displayed, Washington

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10:44 am PDT, Jul 4, Mary James, Oklahoma
Wolves like every other living thing needs to be protected. We do not have the right to kill off one of Gods creatures. It is unfair to have humans move into the wolves territory and then decide to kill them just because they too need to live. What happen when there is no more wolf.....Other problems would be created.

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10:43 am PDT, Jul 4, Valerie Johnson, California

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9:14 am PDT, Jul 4, Alexandra Barth, Germany

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9:09 am PDT, Jul 4, Sarah Davenport, Massachusetts

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8:43 am PDT, Jul 4, Mary A D'Innocenzo, New York

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7:57 am PDT, Jul 4, Name not displayed, Portugal

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7:43 am PDT, Jul 4, Chryssa Moula, Greece

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7:20 am PDT, Jul 4, Andrew Fraser, Ireland

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6:50 am PDT, Jul 4, Stephanie Dalton, Washington
Don't be an idiot!!!! How can you kill animals who are only doing what God intended for them to do? You are inhumane. I hope the people of Alaska vote you out of office SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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5:24 am PDT, Jul 4, Kane Goddard, Australia

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4:51 am PDT, Jul 4, Anne Snyers, Belgium

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4:19 am PDT, Jul 4, Jacquie Nichols, Australia
Governor Palin, You need to prove that you and your governing body are not ignorant country hicks, but are in fact an intelligent and modern team who are up with the times. You need to stop this already federally outlawed practice and accept the available data regarding these animals.

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2:15 am PDT, Jul 4, Martine Michels, Luxembourg

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2:06 am PDT, Jul 4, Virag Toth, Viet Nam

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9:25 pm PDT, Jul 3, Donald Morley, Montana

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7:42 pm PDT, Jul 3, Name not displayed, California

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5:25 pm PDT, Jul 3, Dallas Cline, Vermont
This is a cruel and unkind practice. We hope that you will look at this with more compassion. My family is very upset, and we are all praying you will end the practice of this illegal act.

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5:03 pm PDT, Jul 3, John Roig, Florida
The indulgence of blood lust is not sport - no place in a society that thinks itself advanced. No more...

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4:31 pm PDT, Jul 3, Ceccato Livia, Italy

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4:23 pm PDT, Jul 3, Patricia H Allen, Illinois
Wolves are beautiful and family-oriented creatures. They deserve to live on this planet just like the rest of us. Please stop killing these creatures!

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4:15 pm PDT, Jul 3, Julie Kozel, Ohio

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4:10 pm PDT, Jul 3, Alan McCall, New Mexico
Wolves are auesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They are part of the ecosystem and they are imoportant to the food chain.

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4:07 pm PDT, Jul 3, Elias Giannoulakos, Greece

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3:53 pm PDT, Jul 3, Janice Francis, Jamaica

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3:49 pm PDT, Jul 3, Melissa Dvorak, Massachusetts

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3:23 pm PDT, Jul 3, Karen Iovanna, Connecticut
To think I was a stong Palin supporter. Between the arial shooting of the wolves, the killing of both Black and Grizzley Bears and the den gassing you have lost my support. You make me sick and may you rot hell! Karen Wagner-Iovanna PS: And you call yourself a Christian. You make me sick.

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3:15 pm PDT, Jul 3, Denis Kovalchuk, Spain

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3:15 pm PDT, Jul 3, Yvonne Royster, Virginia
Please stop your aerial killing of wolves. What are you saying to our children? That's it's ok to kill God's creatures? If something is an inconvenience just anniliate it? I am extremely disappointed with your actions concerning all wildlife and hope that you will rethink your barbaric acts of violence.

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2:55 pm PDT, Jul 3, Stefanie White, Germany

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2:21 pm PDT, Jul 3, Astrid Wenzel, Germany

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2:09 pm PDT, Jul 3, M G, United Kingdom

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1:51 pm PDT, Jul 3, David Newman, West Virginia

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1:39 pm PDT, Jul 3, Michelle Telles, Oregon
Dear Governor Palin, Please stop your support for using aircraft to hunt and kill wolves and bears in your state. Also, please find an alternative to the gassing and snaring of defenseless wolf pups. There has got to be a more humane way to manage the predator population in your beautiful state. Respectfully yours, Michelle Telles

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1:38 pm PDT, Jul 3, Stephanie Schneider, California
Wolves are beautiful, intellegent animals . They actually help the environment by keeping the elk population under control. Those who kill wolves are more of a beast than wolves could ever be.

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1:32 pm PDT, Jul 3, John Schellinger, Panama
She needs to step down off her throne and wake up to the fact that she's have a being killed in the most unconscionable way that has a much more loving, refined and sophisticated social nature that most human beings. This has to be stopped!!!! Outrageous!

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1:28 pm PDT, Jul 3, Taylor Jenkins, Utah
Wolves are beautiful creatures. They may seem scary to us, but they only attack us because WE scare THEM. I'm no tree-hugger, but i am all for protecting what i can... Wolves are graceful, smart, and fascinating animals, and we have no right to kill them unless they harm us, first.

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1:19 pm PDT, Jul 3, Callerant Sophie, France

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12:12 pm PDT, Jul 3, Dominic Witzel, Germany

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