A world without wolves?
Jamie Rappoport Clark, Defenders of Wildlife
You and I have seen what a world without wolves looks like. We inherited a nation where wolves had been pushed to the brink of extinction.
By the 1930s, a century of constant persecution and slaughter had all but erased wolves from our nation’s wildlands. But on January 12, 1995 that all began to change. On that day, gray wolves set foot in Yellowstone National Park for the first time since their extermination in the park decades earlier.
The reintroduction of gray wolves is one of the greatest conservation successes of our time. But tragically, vocal anti-wolf extremists and politicians are turning back the clock on this landmark achievement
Today, once again, states are working to kill hundreds of wolves.
The extermination of wolves in the 19th and early 20th centuries was based on fear and ignorance. Back then, most people didn't understand the importance of wolves and other predators to the health of the ecosystems they inhabited. And many believed the old wives’ tales about wolves being malicious, bloodthirsty monsters.
Today, of course, we know better. But old fears and prejudices die hard. And the war against wolves has been renewed with shocking ferocity.
Anti-wolf forces are working to bring wolf recovery to a screeching and tragic halt.
In just the past three years, more than 1,100 wolves have been killed in Idaho alone. They've been gunned down, snared by the neck, trapped and shot from helicopters.
And to make matters worse, the most anti-wildlife Congress in decades will convene in January. The anti-wolf extremists are likely to have unprecedented support in our nation’s capital.
With your help, Defenders speaks for the wolves, both in Washington, DC and on the frontlines of the war against wolves. Thanks to supporters like you, we were there on that cold January day almost 20 years ago. And with your continued help, we will look forward to even greater successes ahead.
If you love wolves, there’s never been a more important moment to come to their defense.
A world without wolves? We’ve seen what that looks like. And we we’re not going to let it happen again!
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Jamie Rappaport Clark President Defenders |
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