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When it comes to gray wolves, the federal Wildlife Services agency typically has one thing on its mind: killing them. Now it’s teaming up with the State of Idaho in a plan for gray wolf management that would slaughter hundreds of wolves. In some cases, entire packs will be killed -- and newborn pups could be gassed in their dens. Please send a message to Wildlife Services expressing your outrage and strong opposition to its proposed wolf-killing plan. You may recall that earlier this month, a federal judge ruled in our favor and restored endangered species protection for wolves in Idaho and Montana, saying that they should not have been removed from the endangered species list in the first place. Now, Wildlife Services is proposing to slash the wolf population in Idaho by about 40 percent! What’s worse, they are justifying this deadly plan by saying it’s necessary for the protection of livestock, elk and deer. But the reality is that wolf conflicts with livestock make up a miniscule percentage of livestock losses, and 23 of Idaho’s 29 elk population zones are above or within management objectives. Tell Wildlife Services to go back to the drawing board and prepare a full Environmental Impact Statement for their plan to manage wolves in Idaho, especially now that wolves are back on the endangered species list. Please take action today -- the deadline for comments is August 31. Let’s make sure this massacre of wolves is not allowed to proceed. Sincerely,  Peter Lehner Executive Director Natural Resources Defense Council | | | |||||||||||||
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