ALERT: Imminent wolf extinction threat
Eva Sargent, Defenders of Wildlife
If the states of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado get their way and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) doesn’t stand up to them, the Mexican gray wolf, or lobo, will go extinct in the wild sometime very soon.
Extremists in these states have all but paralyzed efforts by FWS to foster recovery of the lobo, the world’s most endangered gray wolf subspecies.
The just-released 2015 annual wolf count bore bad news. In the U.S., the wild Mexican gray wolf population has dropped 12 percent in the past year to just 97 animals. Even more alarming, FWS had predicted that this fragile population would grow 10 percent annually, not shrink!
The bottom line is this: Unless more lobos are released into the wild, and unless additional populations are established, they are doomed to go extinct in the wild.
The Four Corners states have put enormous pressure on the FWS to limit its conservation efforts for lobos. And just recently, the state of Colorado’s Parks and Wildlife Commission passed a resolution opposing any wolf reintroductions in that state.
Urge Secretary Jewell to stand up to the states and release more lobos immediately!
Help prevent a preventable extinction.
Wolves at Grave Risk!
Unless more wolves are
released, extinction in the
wild is almost certain.
action to rescue these magnificent animals!
Thank you for all you do.
Sincerely,
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Eva Sargent Senior Southwest Program Director Defenders of Wildlife |
