Brutal wolf killings on the horizon...
Rodger Schlickeisen, Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
The threat to wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies is real -- and it’s happening now.
Despite winning back federal protections, wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies are still in grave danger:
The federal Wildlife Services program wants to help Idaho officials kill off hundreds of wolves in the central part of the state. Their plan includes killing entire packs from helicopters, using poison gas to kill newborn pups and their mothers in dens, and surgically sterilizing alpha wolf pairs.1
Idaho Governor "Butch" Otter is threatening to pull the state out of wolf management -- a plan that would effectively allow anti-wolf extremists to illegally kill wolves while the state turns a blind eye. 2
Idaho County -- home to dozens of packs of wolves -- recently declared a "local disaster" and called on the governor to allow the county to shoot these federally protected wolves on sight. 3
And new legislation in Congress could undermine the Endangered Species Act and once again strip vital federal protections from wolves in Idaho and Montana -- leaving these animals at the mercy of state-based plans that focus on killing rather than a lasting future for wolves.
Make no mistake -- the gray wolves you and I have fought so hard to protect remain in peril.
Help us fight to save the lives of wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies.
Your donation will help Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund mobilize tens of thousands of activists to stop the deadly Wildlife Services wolf-killing plan and urge constituents and Members of Congress to speak out against federal legislation that would remove wolves in Idaho and Montana from the protections of the Endangered Species Act.
Your contribution will also help us support our sister organization, Defenders of Wildlife, in vital efforts to counter anti-wolf rhetoric in the media and promote proven non-lethal methods to allow wolves and livestock producers to coexist.
We can’t go back to an era when entire packs of wolves were gunned down with the support of state and federal officials.
With your help, we can ensure our wolves survive well into the future.
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For the Wild Ones,
Rodger Schlickeisen President Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund |
