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Urge Congress to End Aerial Gunning of Wolves!
Target: U.S. House of RepresentativesSponsored by: Care2.com
Aerial gunners in Alaska have killed more than 600 wolves since 2003. Alaska's Governor Sarah Palin wants to offer $150 bounties to encourage hunters to kill more wolves. Even worse, Idaho and Wyoming have proposed aerial gunning programs of their own, meaning that soon the wolves of Yellowstone could be gunned down from airplanes if they leave the safety of the park.
It's time to end this brutal practice. Representative George Miller (D-CA) will be introducing legislation in September to do just that – his legislation would close a loophole in the Federal Airborne Hunting Act to prohibit aerial gunning.
We want to encourage all members of Congress to support this critical legislation. Sign our petition today to urge your representative to become an original co-sponsor of Rep. Miller's bill to end aerial gunning!
It's time to end this brutal practice. Representative George Miller (D-CA) will be introducing legislation in September to do just that – his legislation would close a loophole in the Federal Airborne Hunting Act to prohibit aerial gunning.
We want to encourage all members of Congress to support this critical legislation. Sign our petition today to urge your representative to become an original co-sponsor of Rep. Miller's bill to end aerial gunning!
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We signed the “Urge Congress to End Aerial Gunning of Wolves!” petition!
# 35,466:
5:56 pm PDT, Apr 15,
Matt Salo, Maryland
# 35,465:
11:30 pm PDT, Apr 14,
Pauline Guest, California
# 35,464:
12:46 am PDT, Apr 14,
Natasha Vuletich, Kuwait
# 35,463:
7:36 pm PDT, Apr 12,
Marni Linton, Canada
I strongly support any country's petition that will protect the magnificent wolves. Aerial murder is absolutely barbaric and needs to be stopped.
I strongly support any country's petition that will protect the magnificent wolves. Aerial murder is absolutely barbaric and needs to be stopped.
# 35,461:
9:32 am PDT, Apr 10,
Hollye Hicks, Texas
This is completey unessacary. Bush you're such a dick for doing this. Kill innocent endangered wildlife? Oh yeah thats a good thing to do. You're an ass!
This is completey unessacary. Bush you're such a dick for doing this. Kill innocent endangered wildlife? Oh yeah thats a good thing to do. You're an ass!
# 35,460:
2:40 pm PDT, Apr 9,
Natalie Swaim, Iowa
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5:25 pm PDT, Apr 8,
Emma Culver, Utah
# 35,458:
1:32 pm PDT, Apr 8,
Kathryn Brueck, Maryland
We almost did this once the first time we got to this country. People better start paying attention to more things or we are gonna lose everything that makes living worthwhile!!!
We almost did this once the first time we got to this country. People better start paying attention to more things or we are gonna lose everything that makes living worthwhile!!!
# 35,457:
1:42 am PDT, Apr 7,
Name not displayed, Washington
wolves have a right to live just like you and me and every other person living in the U.S.
wolves have a right to live just like you and me and every other person living in the U.S.
# 35,456:
10:03 am PDT, Apr 6,
Avril Kettle, United Kingdom
# 35,455:
8:16 pm PDT, Apr 5,
Shawn Williamson, California
# 35,454:
8:10 pm PDT, Apr 3,
Haley McFarland, Indiana
# 35,453:
3:42 pm PDT, Apr 3,
Domi L., Brazil
We don't have wolves in Brazil, but they are important to the world's biodiversity!! Não temos o direito de matar qualquer espécie animal!!Não somos superiores a nenhum ser vivo, embora achemos isso!! Salvem os lobos...acima de tudo...salvem o mundo!!! It's time to save the world!!
We don't have wolves in Brazil, but they are important to the world's biodiversity!! Não temos o direito de matar qualquer espécie animal!!Não somos superiores a nenhum ser vivo, embora achemos isso!! Salvem os lobos...acima de tudo...salvem o mundo!!! It's time to save the world!!
# 35,452:
8:50 am PDT, Apr 3,
Darren R. Rivera, New York
We have spent millions of federal dollars in conservation efforts for the North American Gray Wolf. If we legalize the hunting of these wolves, we are essentially wasting time, effort, and money. Furthermore, if the wolves are hunted and their numbers dwindle to an endangered level again, we will only begin spending more time, effort, and money again. It would be a tragic, wasteful, and senseless cycle - one we would ultimately regret. Please do not let this happen.
We have spent millions of federal dollars in conservation efforts for the North American Gray Wolf. If we legalize the hunting of these wolves, we are essentially wasting time, effort, and money. Furthermore, if the wolves are hunted and their numbers dwindle to an endangered level again, we will only begin spending more time, effort, and money again. It would be a tragic, wasteful, and senseless cycle - one we would ultimately regret. Please do not let this happen.
# 35,451:
7:07 am PDT, Apr 3,
Eva Šindeláøová, Czech Republic
# 35,450:
4:14 pm PDT, Apr 1,
Michelle Anderson, Canada
There's a place for all God's creatures on this Earth.
There's a place for all God's creatures on this Earth.
# 35,449:
3:35 pm PDT, Apr 1,
Julie M Glenn, Missouri
# 35,448:
2:52 pm PDT, Apr 1,
Jolynn Gradt-Piper, Washington
# 35,447:
9:50 pm PDT, Mar 29,
Beth OHara, Maine
# 35,446:
9:29 pm PDT, Mar 29,
Don Gossett, Minnesota
Recent studies in cognitive ethology strongly indicate, in my opinion, that many animal species are not only self-aware but also possess self-consciousness. In effect, this places other animal species on the same level as human species. The question I raise is not if we have the legal right to harm or kill animals, but with good conscience, do we have the moral right to do so. The question is, “do other individual animals besides individual human animals have a right to live?” Personally, I do believe they have a right to live and that it’s up to us humans to learn to coexist with other animals.
Recent studies in cognitive ethology strongly indicate, in my opinion, that many animal species are not only self-aware but also possess self-consciousness. In effect, this places other animal species on the same level as human species. The question I raise is not if we have the legal right to harm or kill animals, but with good conscience, do we have the moral right to do so. The question is, “do other individual animals besides individual human animals have a right to live?” Personally, I do believe they have a right to live and that it’s up to us humans to learn to coexist with other animals.
# 35,445:
8:00 pm PDT, Mar 29,
Wendy Thorp, Arizona
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10:49 am PDT, Mar 29,
DLyn Stinziano, Ohio
# 35,443:
9:17 am PDT, Mar 29,
Mia Foley, Arizona
# 35,442:
10:57 pm PDT, Mar 28,
Celeste Denniston, South Carolina
This is cruel. How can human beings be so hateful? God created these animals. Humans are destroying them. Let them live in peace.
This is cruel. How can human beings be so hateful? God created these animals. Humans are destroying them. Let them live in peace.
# 35,441:
9:13 pm PDT, Mar 28,
Cathy Schrott, California
# 35,440:
12:10 pm PDT, Mar 28,
Penny Nightingale, Canada
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9:28 am PDT, Mar 28,
Judyta Dymkowska, Poland
# 35,438:
9:22 am PDT, Mar 28,
Debbie Dau, Canada
Do the wolves need culling? I doubt it. It serves the interests of a few people with money to shoot them from the air.Wolves are necessary to the eco system to keep prey animals in a balance. The only creature that upsets the balance is the human. Will we never learn?
Do the wolves need culling? I doubt it. It serves the interests of a few people with money to shoot them from the air.Wolves are necessary to the eco system to keep prey animals in a balance. The only creature that upsets the balance is the human. Will we never learn?
# 35,437:
4:00 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Margaret Wendell, Canada
Wolves are part of a normal ecosystem in our country and in the US. One has only to visit New Zealand where there are no natural predators to see the effects of the millions of possum, rabbits, stoats and weasels that proliferate thereby killing and endangering indigenous species.
Wolves are part of a normal ecosystem in our country and in the US. One has only to visit New Zealand where there are no natural predators to see the effects of the millions of possum, rabbits, stoats and weasels that proliferate thereby killing and endangering indigenous species.
# 35,436:
2:01 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Carter Gilchrist, Canada
# 35,435:
1:59 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Miles Nurse, Canada
This is a real tragedy. I have never heard of something so asinine. There are global rules for not allowing underwater hunting while wearing scuba gear and that is only in areas where conservation is enforced. So why would it be ok to fly something and take pot shots as wildlife. It is disgusting!!
This is a real tragedy. I have never heard of something so asinine. There are global rules for not allowing underwater hunting while wearing scuba gear and that is only in areas where conservation is enforced. So why would it be ok to fly something and take pot shots as wildlife. It is disgusting!!
# 35,434:
12:51 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Don Kawano, Canada
The American gov't should read "Never Cry Wolf" by our Farley Mowat. Wholesale killing/culling of a species that has been reintroduced to the area at substantial cost and with great effort makes no sense whatsoever, monetarily or otherwise.
The American gov't should read "Never Cry Wolf" by our Farley Mowat. Wholesale killing/culling of a species that has been reintroduced to the area at substantial cost and with great effort makes no sense whatsoever, monetarily or otherwise.
# 35,433:
12:17 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Name not displayed, Canada
The natural world is absolutely vital. Without garnering the proper respect for all living creatures, how are we going to make the changes necessary to avoid environmental catastrophe in the near future? Please don't stick your head in the sand and ignore this matter.
The natural world is absolutely vital. Without garnering the proper respect for all living creatures, how are we going to make the changes necessary to avoid environmental catastrophe in the near future? Please don't stick your head in the sand and ignore this matter.
# 35,432:
11:51 am PDT, Mar 27,
Anne Yeo, Canada
# 35,431:
11:50 am PDT, Mar 27,
Oliver Gardner, Canada
Re-introducing the wolves to Yellowstone was one of the bravest and boldest moves in US environmental history - trying in some small part to return some wilderness to a once magnificent country that has managed to destroy most of what was truly beautiful about it's landscape. Allowing these beautiful animals to be killed simply because they happen to wander outside an invisible human boundary is absurd and yet another indictment of the short sighted, financially focused state of the governments stance on it's own natural resources.
Re-introducing the wolves to Yellowstone was one of the bravest and boldest moves in US environmental history - trying in some small part to return some wilderness to a once magnificent country that has managed to destroy most of what was truly beautiful about it's landscape. Allowing these beautiful animals to be killed simply because they happen to wander outside an invisible human boundary is absurd and yet another indictment of the short sighted, financially focused state of the governments stance on it's own natural resources.
# 35,430:
11:49 am PDT, Mar 27,
Peter Alexander, Canada
# 35,429:
11:45 am PDT, Mar 27,
Eiko Kawano, Canada
Having spent a lot of time in Yellowstone, this issue is very close to my heart. This move hearkens back to the days when wolves were tortured for pleasure. Please put an end to this unnecessary slaughter.
Having spent a lot of time in Yellowstone, this issue is very close to my heart. This move hearkens back to the days when wolves were tortured for pleasure. Please put an end to this unnecessary slaughter.
# 35,428:
2:54 am PDT, Mar 27,
Can Atik, Turkey
# 35,427:
10:33 pm PDT, Mar 26,
David Dallas, New Mexico
This aerial gunning of wolves is senseless and inappropriate and serves no purpose whatsoever.
This aerial gunning of wolves is senseless and inappropriate and serves no purpose whatsoever.
# 35,426:
6:44 pm PDT, Mar 26,
Rafael Amaya, California
# 35,425:
2:16 pm PDT, Mar 26,
Kate Evans, Georgia
# 35,424:
9:20 am PDT, Mar 26,
Ginger Geronimo, Alabama
# 35,422:
8:50 pm PDT, Mar 24,
David Sykes, California
As a licensed Marriage and Family therapist in California, I believe that allowing aireal hunting of wolves is supporting the most base and saddistic impulses of men (and woman). It is akin to hitting one's wife and children to force control. If man wants to hunt wolves, let him do it on foot, if he has half the strength and courage of the animal he hunts - with a gun.
As a licensed Marriage and Family therapist in California, I believe that allowing aireal hunting of wolves is supporting the most base and saddistic impulses of men (and woman). It is akin to hitting one's wife and children to force control. If man wants to hunt wolves, let him do it on foot, if he has half the strength and courage of the animal he hunts - with a gun.
# 35,421:
3:12 pm PDT, Mar 24,
Rebecca Shane, Colorado
# 35,420:
9:40 am PDT, Mar 24,
JAMES SULLIVAN, Illinois
# 35,419:
11:07 pm PDT, Mar 22,
Cheryl Silkett, Missouri
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5:27 pm PDT, Mar 22,
Pamela White, North Carolina
# 35,417:
12:02 pm PDT, Mar 22,
Julie Kennedy, Florida
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9:18 pm PDT, Mar 21,
Christianna Dawn lancaster, Arizona
# 35,415:
12:36 pm PDT, Mar 21,
Erin Shelly, New York
# 35,414:
7:59 pm PDT, Mar 20,
Melissa Alarcon, California
Stop this! Stop this! JUst stop this! Can you belive how you are critically harming the world and belive it or not the people in this. What do you get out of this? I mean really? So what yeah money comes and money goes? Hunting or allowing the hunting of such magnificent creatures proves you lower than the worst of hells.You will not be looked at as a human. A good man. Nothing more than a murderer. Be a good person. Do it for yourself. Do it for humanity. Do it for the earth.
Stop this! Stop this! JUst stop this! Can you belive how you are critically harming the world and belive it or not the people in this. What do you get out of this? I mean really? So what yeah money comes and money goes? Hunting or allowing the hunting of such magnificent creatures proves you lower than the worst of hells.You will not be looked at as a human. A good man. Nothing more than a murderer. Be a good person. Do it for yourself. Do it for humanity. Do it for the earth.
# 35,413:
11:46 am PDT, Mar 20,
Name not displayed, Connecticut
# 35,412:
11:32 pm PDT, Mar 19,
Claudia H., Texas
This is just one thing I cannot believe... I can't even begin to understand why our govt. leaders would propose such reasons for killing wildlife. How is this population control? As far as I know, the 'game' population and the wolves have coincided for thousands of years, and wolves are no sudden threat to them now. I agree with everyone here who thinks killing wolves is ridiculous and supports defending them. (Killing for sport seems wrong to me in the first place and this massacre of wolves is just plain nonsense).
This is just one thing I cannot believe... I can't even begin to understand why our govt. leaders would propose such reasons for killing wildlife. How is this population control? As far as I know, the 'game' population and the wolves have coincided for thousands of years, and wolves are no sudden threat to them now. I agree with everyone here who thinks killing wolves is ridiculous and supports defending them. (Killing for sport seems wrong to me in the first place and this massacre of wolves is just plain nonsense).
# 35,411:
10:51 pm PDT, Mar 19,
Laurie Wolfe, Maryland
# 35,410:
6:41 pm PDT, Mar 19,
ROBERT COWAN, California
STOP KILLING THE WOLF THEY WERE HERE BEFORE MAN
STOP KILLING THE WOLF THEY WERE HERE BEFORE MAN
# 35,409:
6:18 pm PDT, Mar 18,
Valeriya Sholokhova, New York
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9:34 am PDT, Mar 18,
Tsandi Crew, New Mexico
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3:19 pm PDT, Mar 17,
Morgan Riley, Oregon
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5:35 pm PDT, Mar 14,
Name not displayed, New York
# 35,405:
3:37 am PDT, Mar 14,
Trey Black Elk Horn, Florida
There are better ways to deal with over population,perhaps relocation to remote areas of Alaska and Canada.
There are better ways to deal with over population,perhaps relocation to remote areas of Alaska and Canada.
# 35,404:
3:02 am PDT, Mar 14,
Kirsten Allnutt, United Kingdom
# 35,403:
4:05 pm PDT, Mar 13,
Greg Brandon, Canada
# 35,402:
5:07 am PDT, Mar 13,
Shannon Sultan, Wisconsin
# 35,401:
5:26 pm PDT, Mar 12,
Melissa Lolik, Massachusetts